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infatuation

nounCommon GRE wordMore I words

an intense but short-lived passion or admiration

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Infatuation in a sentence

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His infatuation with the new gadget faded within a week.

Synonyms
crushobsessionfixationpassion
Antonyms
indifferenceaversion

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The committee dismissed the proposal as blank, pointing out that its projected revenues depended on conditions no economy had ever sustained.

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Infatuation (noun) means an intense but short-lived passion or admiration
Here is infatuation used in an example sentence: "His infatuation with the new gadget faded within a week."
Common synonyms for infatuation include crush, obsession, fixation, passion.
Antonyms of infatuation include indifference, aversion.
Infatuation is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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