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savant

nounCommon GRE wordMore S words

a person of exceptional learning or expertise

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Savant in a sentence

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The young savant astonished professors with her grasp of theory.

Synonyms
scholarsageintellectual
Antonyms
ignoramusnovice

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Far from being the revolutionary thinker his admirers claimed, the philosopher was in fact quite blank, defending the traditional doctrines of his teachers without challenge.

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Savant (noun) means a person of exceptional learning or expertise
Here is savant used in an example sentence: "The young savant astonished professors with her grasp of theory."
Common synonyms for savant include scholar, sage, intellectual.
Antonyms of savant include ignoramus, novice.
Savant is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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