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loath

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore L words

reluctant or unwilling to do something

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Loath in a sentence

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She was loath to abandon a project she had nurtured for years, even as the deadline slipped away.

Synonyms
reluctantunwillingaversedisinclined
Antonyms
eagerwillingkeen

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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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Loath (adjective) means reluctant or unwilling to do something
Here is loath used in an example sentence: "She was loath to abandon a project she had nurtured for years, even as the deadline slipped away."
Common synonyms for loath include reluctant, unwilling, averse, disinclined.
Antonyms of loath include eager, willing, keen.
Loath is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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