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insouciant

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore I words

free from anxiety or concern; carefree

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Insouciant in a sentence

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With an insouciant shrug, he dismissed the looming deadline.

Synonyms
nonchalantcarefreeunconcernedblithe
Antonyms
anxiousworried

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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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Insouciant (adjective) means free from anxiety or concern; carefree
Here is insouciant used in an example sentence: "With an insouciant shrug, he dismissed the looming deadline."
Common synonyms for insouciant include nonchalant, carefree, unconcerned, blithe.
Antonyms of insouciant include anxious, worried.
Insouciant is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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