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emaciated

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore E words

abnormally thin and weak from hunger or illness

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Emaciated in a sentence

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The rescued animals were emaciated after weeks without food.

Synonyms
gauntwastedhaggard
Antonyms
robustplumpwell-fed

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Verbal · Text Completion

Although the senator's memoir was marketed as a frank reckoning with his failures, reviewers found it relentlessly blank, dwelling on grievances and recasting every setback as the fault of his adversaries.

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Emaciated (adjective) means abnormally thin and weak from hunger or illness
Here is emaciated used in an example sentence: "The rescued animals were emaciated after weeks without food."
Common synonyms for emaciated include gaunt, wasted, haggard.
Antonyms of emaciated include robust, plump, well-fed.
Emaciated is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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