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sallow

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore S words

of a sickly yellowish or pale complexion

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Sallow in a sentence

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Weeks of illness had left his face sallow and drawn.

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rosyruddy

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Once a blank supporter of the policy, the governor now denounces it at every opportunity, embarrassed that she ever endorsed it.

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Sallow (adjective) means of a sickly yellowish or pale complexion
Here is sallow used in an example sentence: "Weeks of illness had left his face sallow and drawn."
Common synonyms for sallow include wan, pallid, pasty.
Antonyms of sallow include rosy, ruddy.
Sallow is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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