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temperance

nounCommon GRE wordMore T words

moderation and self-restraint, especially in appetites

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Temperance in a sentence

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The monk's temperance extended to every meal, which he kept deliberately small.

Synonyms
moderationrestraintabstinenceself-control
Antonyms
excessindulgenceintemperance

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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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Temperance (noun) means moderation and self-restraint, especially in appetites
Here is temperance used in an example sentence: "The monk's temperance extended to every meal, which he kept deliberately small."
Common synonyms for temperance include moderation, restraint, abstinence, self-control.
Antonyms of temperance include excess, indulgence, intemperance.
Temperance is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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