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scrawny

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore S words

unattractively thin and bony

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Scrawny in a sentence

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The scrawny stray cat had clearly gone hungry for days.

Synonyms
gauntskinnyemaciated
Antonyms
plumprobust

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Verbal · Text Completion

Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.

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Scrawny (adjective) means unattractively thin and bony
Here is scrawny used in an example sentence: "The scrawny stray cat had clearly gone hungry for days."
Common synonyms for scrawny include gaunt, skinny, emaciated.
Antonyms of scrawny include plump, robust.
Scrawny is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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