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embody

verbCommon GRE wordMore E words

to give concrete form to an idea or to represent it fully

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Embody in a sentence

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The statue was meant to embody the spirit of liberty.

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Antonyms
contradictbelie

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Far from being the revolutionary thinker his admirers claimed, the philosopher was in fact quite blank, defending the traditional doctrines of his teachers without challenge.

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Embody (verb) means to give concrete form to an idea or to represent it fully
Here is embody used in an example sentence: "The statue was meant to embody the spirit of liberty."
Common synonyms for embody include personify, exemplify, incarnate.
Antonyms of embody include contradict, belie.
Embody is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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