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germinal

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore G words

in the earliest stage of development; capable of further growth

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The theory was still germinal, little more than a rough sketch jotted on a napkin.

Antonyms
maturedeveloped

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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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Germinal (adjective) means in the earliest stage of development; capable of further growth
Here is germinal used in an example sentence: "The theory was still germinal, little more than a rough sketch jotted on a napkin."
Common synonyms for germinal include embryonic, nascent, incipient, rudimentary.
Antonyms of germinal include mature, developed.
Germinal is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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