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teem

verbCommon GRE wordMore T words

to be full of or swarming with something

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Teem in a sentence

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The tide pool teemed with crabs, snails, and darting silver fish.

Synonyms
aboundswarmoverflowbrim
Antonyms
lackwant

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Verbal · Text Completion

The committee's report was praised for its candor, yet its central recommendation was so blank that administrators could cite it to justify nearly any policy they had already resolved to pursue.

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Teem (verb) means to be full of or swarming with something
Here is teem used in an example sentence: "The tide pool teemed with crabs, snails, and darting silver fish."
Common synonyms for teem include abound, swarm, overflow, brim.
Antonyms of teem include lack, want.
Teem is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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