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esteem

nounCommon GRE wordMore E words

respect and admiration for someone or something

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In a sentence

Esteem in a sentence

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The veteran teacher was held in high esteem by her colleagues.

Synonyms
regardadmirationreverence
Antonyms
contemptdisdainscorn

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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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Esteem (noun) means respect and admiration for someone or something
Here is esteem used in an example sentence: "The veteran teacher was held in high esteem by her colleagues."
Common synonyms for esteem include regard, admiration, reverence.
Antonyms of esteem include contempt, disdain, scorn.
Esteem is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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