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exiguous

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore E words

extremely scanty or meager in amount

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Exiguous in a sentence

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The explorers survived for weeks on an exiguous ration of dried meat.

Synonyms
meagerscantyslender
Antonyms
amplecopiousabundant

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The novelist's late style is admired precisely for its blank: every superfluous phrase has been pared away, leaving prose of startling economy.

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Exiguous (adjective) means extremely scanty or meager in amount
Here is exiguous used in an example sentence: "The explorers survived for weeks on an exiguous ration of dried meat."
Common synonyms for exiguous include meager, scanty, slender.
Antonyms of exiguous include ample, copious, abundant.
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