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ersatz

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore E words

serving as an inferior artificial substitute

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Ersatz in a sentence

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During the war, families brewed an ersatz coffee from roasted grains.

Synonyms
artificialimitationsynthetic
Antonyms
genuineauthenticreal
Common questions

Questions about “ersatz

Ersatz (adjective) means serving as an inferior artificial substitute
Here is ersatz used in an example sentence: "During the war, families brewed an ersatz coffee from roasted grains."
Common synonyms for ersatz include artificial, imitation, synthetic.
Antonyms of ersatz include genuine, authentic, real.
Ersatz is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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