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marcescent

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore M words

withering but remaining attached rather than dropping off

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Marcescent in a sentence

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The young oak kept its marcescent leaves clinging stubbornly through the snow.

Synonyms
witheringfading
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Critics complained that the documentary's narration was relentlessly blank, hammering home its single thesis so often that viewers felt lectured rather than informed.

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Marcescent (adjective) means withering but remaining attached rather than dropping off
Here is marcescent used in an example sentence: "The young oak kept its marcescent leaves clinging stubbornly through the snow."
Common synonyms for marcescent include withering, fading.
Antonyms of marcescent include deciduous, fresh.
Marcescent is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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