GRE vocabulary
truant
a person who stays away from duty or school without permission
In a sentence
Truant in a sentence
Here is an example sentence showing truant in a sentence.
The teacher reported three truants who had skipped class to go to the beach.
Synonyms
Antonyms
attendee
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tacit
understood or implied without being openly stated
taciturn
habitually reserved and uncommunicative in speech
tangential
only loosely relevant; diverging from the main point
tangible
perceptible by touch or concrete enough to be grasped
tangle
to twist together into a confused or knotted mass
tantamount
equivalent in effect or value to something else
tarnish
to dull or damage the luster, reputation, or purity of something
tautological
needlessly repeating an idea using different words
Common questions
Questions about “truant”
Truant (noun) means a person who stays away from duty or school without permission
Here is truant used in an example sentence: "The teacher reported three truants who had skipped class to go to the beach."
Common synonyms for truant include absentee, shirker, malingerer, deserter.
Antonyms of truant include attendee.
Truant is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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