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tremulous

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore T words

shaking or quivering, often from fear or weakness

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Tremulous in a sentence

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In a tremulous voice, the witness recounted what she had seen.

Synonyms
tremblingquiveringshakyquavering
Antonyms
steadyfirmcalm

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Verbal · Text Completion

The novelist's late style is admired precisely for its blank: every superfluous phrase has been pared away, leaving prose of startling economy.

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Tremulous (adjective) means shaking or quivering, often from fear or weakness
Here is tremulous used in an example sentence: "In a tremulous voice, the witness recounted what she had seen."
Common synonyms for tremulous include trembling, quivering, shaky, quavering.
Antonyms of tremulous include steady, firm, calm.
Tremulous is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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