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resilient

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore R words

able to recover quickly from difficulty or adapt to hardship

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In a sentence

Resilient in a sentence

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The resilient community rebuilt its homes within a year of the earthquake.

Synonyms
toughhardyadaptablebuoyant
Antonyms
fragilebrittlevulnerable

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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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Questions about “resilient”

Resilient (adjective) means able to recover quickly from difficulty or adapt to hardship
Here is resilient used in an example sentence: "The resilient community rebuilt its homes within a year of the earthquake."
Common synonyms for resilient include tough, hardy, adaptable, buoyant.
Antonyms of resilient include fragile, brittle, vulnerable.
Resilient is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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