gauntlet
a challenge or ordeal that one must endure or confront
Gauntlet in a sentence
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New recruits had to run a gauntlet of grueling tests before they were accepted.
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The naturalist warned that the alpine bloom was blank, a spectacle of color that would vanish within days of the thaw, leaving no trace by midsummer.
More GRE words starting with G
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providing profit or income; productive
in a way that yields profit or useful result
to deny or contradict; to declare false
one who denies, opposes, or contradicts
bold, brazen impudence or nerve
causing irritation or resentment; vexing
producing a sudden, startling burst of energy or excitement
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