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somatic

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore S words

relating to the body as distinct from the mind or soul

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Somatic in a sentence

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The therapist helped her recognize how emotional trauma had manifested as somatic pain.

Synonyms
bodilyphysicalcorporealphysiological
Antonyms
mentalpsychologicalspiritualcognitive

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Verbal · Text Completion

Although the senator's memoir was marketed as a frank reckoning with his failures, reviewers found it relentlessly blank, dwelling on grievances and recasting every setback as the fault of his adversaries.

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Somatic (adjective) means relating to the body as distinct from the mind or soul
Here is somatic used in an example sentence: "The therapist helped her recognize how emotional trauma had manifested as somatic pain."
Common synonyms for somatic include bodily, physical, corporeal, physiological.
Antonyms of somatic include mental, psychological, spiritual, cognitive.
Somatic is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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