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supple

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore S words

flexible and able to bend or adapt easily

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In a sentence

Supple in a sentence

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Years of training kept the dancer's body remarkably supple.

Synonyms
pliantflexiblelimber
Antonyms
stiffrigid

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Verbal · Text Completion

The historian argued that the empire's collapse was not blank but the predictable outcome of decades of fiscal mismanagement that contemporaries had simply refused to acknowledge.

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Supple (adjective) means flexible and able to bend or adapt easily
Here is supple used in an example sentence: "Years of training kept the dancer's body remarkably supple."
Common synonyms for supple include pliant, flexible, limber.
Antonyms of supple include stiff, rigid.
Supple is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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