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surpassing

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore S words

exceeding all others; exceptional

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In a sentence

Surpassing in a sentence

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The diplomat handled the crisis with surpassing skill.

Synonyms
exceptionalpreeminentmatchless
Antonyms
ordinaryinferior

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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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Questions about “surpassing”

Surpassing (adjective) means exceeding all others; exceptional
Here is surpassing used in an example sentence: "The diplomat handled the crisis with surpassing skill."
Common synonyms for surpassing include exceptional, preeminent, matchless.
Antonyms of surpassing include ordinary, inferior.
Surpassing is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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