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gauge

verbCommon GRE wordMore G words

to measure, estimate, or assess

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Gauge in a sentence

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From the stage it was difficult to gauge whether the audience was bored or merely quiet.

Synonyms
measureassessevaluateappraise
Antonyms
misjudge

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Critics complained that the documentary's narration was relentlessly blank, hammering home its single thesis so often that viewers felt lectured rather than informed.

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Gauge (verb) means to measure, estimate, or assess
Here is gauge used in an example sentence: "From the stage it was difficult to gauge whether the audience was bored or merely quiet."
Common synonyms for gauge include measure, assess, evaluate, appraise.
Antonyms of gauge include misjudge.
Gauge is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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