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shard

nounCommon GRE wordMore S words

a sharp fragment of a broken object

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Shard in a sentence

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Shards of glass littered the floor after the crash.

Synonyms
fragmentsplintersliver
Antonyms
wholemass

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Verbal · Text Completion

The committee's report was praised for its candor, yet its central recommendation was so blank that administrators could cite it to justify nearly any policy they had already resolved to pursue.

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Shard (noun) means a sharp fragment of a broken object
Here is shard used in an example sentence: "Shards of glass littered the floor after the crash."
Common synonyms for shard include fragment, splinter, sliver.
Antonyms of shard include whole, mass.
Shard is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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