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expansive

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore E words

wide-ranging, or open and communicative in manner

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In a sentence

Expansive in a sentence

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Over dinner he grew expansive, sharing stories from his youth.

Synonyms
broadextensiveeffusive
Antonyms
restrictedreservednarrow

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Verbal · Text Completion

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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Expansive (adjective) means wide-ranging, or open and communicative in manner
Here is expansive used in an example sentence: "Over dinner he grew expansive, sharing stories from his youth."
Common synonyms for expansive include broad, extensive, effusive.
Antonyms of expansive include restricted, reserved, narrow.
Expansive is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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