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tenebrous

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore T words

dark, shadowy, and obscure

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Tenebrous in a sentence

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They descended into the tenebrous depths of the abandoned mine.

Synonyms
darkmurkygloomyshadowy
Antonyms
brightluminousclear

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Because the evidence linking the additive to the illness remained blank, regulators declined to issue a ban and instead called for further study.

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Tenebrous (adjective) means dark, shadowy, and obscure
Here is tenebrous used in an example sentence: "They descended into the tenebrous depths of the abandoned mine."
Common synonyms for tenebrous include dark, murky, gloomy, shadowy.
Antonyms of tenebrous include bright, luminous, clear.
Tenebrous is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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