GRE vocabulary
yoke
to join, link, or burden together as if under a common harness
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In a sentence
Yoke in a sentence
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The treaty yoked the two rival nations into an uneasy alliance.
Synonyms
coupleharnessjoinbind
Antonyms
separatedivide
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Verbal · Text Completion
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Yoke (verb) means to join, link, or burden together as if under a common harness
Here is yoke used in an example sentence: "The treaty yoked the two rival nations into an uneasy alliance."
Common synonyms for yoke include couple, harness, join, bind.
Antonyms of yoke include separate, divide.
Yoke is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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