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overt

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore O words

done or shown openly, not hidden

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Overt in a sentence

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There was no overt hostility, but a quiet tension lingered in the room.

Synonyms
openmanifestevident
Antonyms
covertconcealedhidden

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Reviewers noted that the novelist, once known for blank prose, had pared her sentences down until scarcely a superfluous word remained.

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Overt (adjective) means done or shown openly, not hidden
Here is overt used in an example sentence: "There was no overt hostility, but a quiet tension lingered in the room."
Common synonyms for overt include open, manifest, evident.
Antonyms of overt include covert, concealed, hidden.
Overt is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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