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savory

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore S words

pleasing in taste or smell; morally respectable

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Savory in a sentence

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The savory aroma of roasting garlic drew everyone into the kitchen.

Synonyms
appetizingpalatablewholesome
Antonyms
unsavorydistasteful

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The professor's lectures were notoriously blank; students often left more puzzled than when they had arrived, unable to follow his tangled chains of reasoning.

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Savory (adjective) means pleasing in taste or smell; morally respectable
Here is savory used in an example sentence: "The savory aroma of roasting garlic drew everyone into the kitchen."
Common synonyms for savory include appetizing, palatable, wholesome.
Antonyms of savory include unsavory, distasteful.
Savory is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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