quarantine

nounCommon GRE wordMore Q words

a period of enforced isolation to prevent the spread of disease

In a sentence

Quarantine in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing quarantine in a sentence.

Travelers arriving from the affected region were placed in quarantine for two weeks.

Synonyms

isolationsequestrationconfinement

Antonyms

releaseintegration

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a person who fraudulently claims medical or expert knowledge they do not possess

the fraudulent pretense of skill or knowledge, especially in medicine

to drink heartily and in large gulps

to limit or modify a statement so that it is less absolute

a state of uncertainty or perplexity over what to do

to suppress or put an end to, especially by force; to quiet or calm

habitually complaining in a peevish, whining manner

to argue or object over trivial, insignificant details

Common questions

Quarantine (noun) means a period of enforced isolation to prevent the spread of disease

Here is quarantine used in an example sentence: "Travelers arriving from the affected region were placed in quarantine for two weeks."

Common synonyms for quarantine include isolation, sequestration, confinement.

Antonyms of quarantine include release, integration.

Quarantine is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.