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etiolate

verbCommon GRE wordMore E words

to make pale and sickly by depriving of light or vigor

In a sentence

Left in the dark closet, the seedlings began to etiolate into pale, spindly stalks.

Synonyms
blanchwhitenweaken
Antonyms
strengthendarkeninvigorate

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