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lithe

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore L words

slim and supple, moving and bending with ease and grace

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Lithe in a sentence

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The lithe gymnast bent and folded her body effortlessly to slip through the narrow gap.

Synonyms
supplelimberlissomeagile
Antonyms
stiffrigidungainly

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Verbal · Text Completion

Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.

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Lithe (adjective) means slim and supple, moving and bending with ease and grace
Here is lithe used in an example sentence: "The lithe gymnast bent and folded her body effortlessly to slip through the narrow gap."
Common synonyms for lithe include supple, limber, lissome, agile.
Antonyms of lithe include stiff, rigid, ungainly.
Lithe is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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