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grudging

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore G words

given or allowed reluctantly and without good will

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Grudging in a sentence

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Even his rivals offered grudging admiration for a victory they had sworn was impossible.

Synonyms
reluctantunwillinghalfheartedbegrudging
Antonyms
willingwholeheartedeager

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Verbal · Text Completion

The historian argued that the empire's collapse was not blank but the predictable outcome of decades of fiscal mismanagement that contemporaries had simply refused to acknowledge.

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Grudging (adjective) means given or allowed reluctantly and without good will
Here is grudging used in an example sentence: "Even his rivals offered grudging admiration for a victory they had sworn was impossible."
Common synonyms for grudging include reluctant, unwilling, halfhearted, begrudging.
Antonyms of grudging include willing, wholehearted, eager.
Grudging is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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