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idolize

verbCommon GRE wordMore I words

to admire or revere someone to an excessive degree

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Idolize in a sentence

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Young athletes idolize the champions whose posters cover their walls.

Synonyms
worshipadorevenerateglorify
Antonyms
despisescorn

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Verbal · Text Completion

Although the senator's memoir was marketed as a frank reckoning with his failures, reviewers found it relentlessly blank, dwelling on grievances and recasting every setback as the fault of his adversaries.

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Idolize (verb) means to admire or revere someone to an excessive degree
Here is idolize used in an example sentence: "Young athletes idolize the champions whose posters cover their walls."
Common synonyms for idolize include worship, adore, venerate, glorify.
Antonyms of idolize include despise, scorn.
Idolize is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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