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sovereign

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore S words

possessing supreme or independent authority

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Sovereign in a sentence

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The treaty recognized the region as a sovereign state.

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subordinatedependent

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The novelist's late style is admired precisely for its blank: every superfluous phrase has been pared away, leaving prose of startling economy.

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Sovereign (adjective) means possessing supreme or independent authority
Here is sovereign used in an example sentence: "The treaty recognized the region as a sovereign state."
Common synonyms for sovereign include supreme, autonomous, paramount.
Antonyms of sovereign include subordinate, dependent.
Sovereign is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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