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sylvan

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore S words

relating to or characteristic of woods or forests

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In a sentence

Sylvan in a sentence

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The cottage sat in a quiet sylvan glade.

Synonyms
woodedforestedleafy
Antonyms
urbanbarren

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Verbal · Text Completion

Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.

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Sylvan (adjective) means relating to or characteristic of woods or forests
Here is sylvan used in an example sentence: "The cottage sat in a quiet sylvan glade."
Common synonyms for sylvan include wooded, forested, leafy.
Antonyms of sylvan include urban, barren.
Sylvan is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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