The museum curator confirmed that the ancient vase was a genuine artifact from the Ming dynasty.
博物馆馆长确认这只古花瓶是明代真正的文物。
Film critic Helena Marchetti praises a director's use of extremely long takes with no cuts, arguing this technique forces actors to sustain genuine emotional performances for minutes at a time.
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Political scientist Grant Whitfield counters that automatic registration can also add many disengaged, unmotivated voters to the rolls whose actual turnout rate is far lower than that of voluntarily registered voters, potentially diluting turnout statistics without meaningfully increasing genuine civic participation.
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Novelist Julian Ferreira argues that giving villains fully understandable motivations can sometimes soften readers' judgment of genuinely harmful actions in ways that undermine a story's moral clarity.
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Which choice best defines “genuine”?
C — Real, authentic, sincere. “genuine” means real, authentic, sincere.
Which word means “real, authentic, sincere”?
B — genuine. “genuine” means real, authentic, sincere.
genuine — real, authentic, sincere. In Chinese: 真实的，真诚的.
genuine is pronounced /ˈdʒenjuɪn/.
The museum curator confirmed that the ancient vase was a genuine artifact from the Ming dynasty. (博物馆馆长确认这只古花瓶是明代真正的文物。)
authentic, sincere, real — all close in meaning to genuine (real, authentic, sincere).
fake, insincere — each the opposite of genuine (real, authentic, sincere).
Yes. genuine is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
genuine (real)