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phalanx

nounCommon GRE wordMore P words

a group of people or things forming a compact body or presenting a unified front

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Phalanx in a sentence

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A phalanx of security guards stood between the protesters and the entrance.

Synonyms
formationbloccontingentarray
Antonyms

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The naturalist warned that the alpine bloom was blank, a spectacle of color that would vanish within days of the thaw, leaving no trace by midsummer.

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Phalanx (noun) means a group of people or things forming a compact body or presenting a unified front
Here is phalanx used in an example sentence: "A phalanx of security guards stood between the protesters and the entrance."
Common synonyms for phalanx include formation, bloc, contingent, array.
Phalanx is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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