veridical

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore V words

truthful and corresponding to reality rather than to illusion or pretense

In a sentence

Veridical in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing veridical in a sentence.

Researchers questioned whether the patient's vivid memory was veridical or simply imagined.

Synonyms

truthfulaccuratefactual

Antonyms

Keep going

to waver indecisively between options or opinions

the inability to decide between different courses of action; wavering

total absence of thought, ideas, or substance

empty of meaning, substance, or intelligence

a person who roams from place to place with no fixed home

an unpredictable or capricious change or notion

a person who wanders without a settled home or work

excessively boastful and vain about one's achievements

Common questions

Veridical (adjective) means truthful and corresponding to reality rather than to illusion or pretense

Here is veridical used in an example sentence: "Researchers questioned whether the patient's vivid memory was veridical or simply imagined."

Common synonyms for veridical include truthful, accurate, factual.

Antonyms of veridical include illusory, false.

Veridical is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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