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windfall

nounCommon GRE wordMore W words

an unexpected gain or piece of good fortune, especially money

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Windfall in a sentence

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The unexpected inheritance was a windfall that paid off all her debts.

Synonyms
bonanzaboongodsend
Antonyms
setbackloss

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Verbal · Text Completion

Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.

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Windfall (noun) means an unexpected gain or piece of good fortune, especially money
Here is windfall used in an example sentence: "The unexpected inheritance was a windfall that paid off all her debts."
Common synonyms for windfall include bonanza, boon, godsend.
Antonyms of windfall include setback, loss.
Windfall is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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