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transmute

verbCommon GRE wordMore T words

to change something into a different form or substance

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Transmute in a sentence

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Alchemists dreamed of transmuting lead into gold.

Synonyms
transformconvertaltermetamorphose
Antonyms
preserveretainfix

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Verbal · Text Completion

The historian argued that the empire's collapse was not blank but the predictable outcome of decades of fiscal mismanagement that contemporaries had simply refused to acknowledge.

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Transmute (verb) means to change something into a different form or substance
Here is transmute used in an example sentence: "Alchemists dreamed of transmuting lead into gold."
Common synonyms for transmute include transform, convert, alter, metamorphose.
Antonyms of transmute include preserve, retain, fix.
Transmute is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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