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unvarnished

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore U words

plain and direct, presented without embellishment or disguise

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Unvarnished in a sentence

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She gave them the unvarnished truth, sparing no one the unpleasant details.

Synonyms
plainunembellishedcandid
Antonyms
embellishedglossed

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Far from being the revolutionary thinker his admirers claimed, the philosopher was in fact quite blank, defending the traditional doctrines of his teachers without challenge.

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Unvarnished (adjective) means plain and direct, presented without embellishment or disguise
Here is unvarnished used in an example sentence: "She gave them the unvarnished truth, sparing no one the unpleasant details."
Common synonyms for unvarnished include plain, unembellished, candid.
Antonyms of unvarnished include embellished, glossed.
Unvarnished is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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