GRE Word List

BOON

a timely benefit : blessing

The meaning of the word boon is a timely benefit : blessing.

Random words

WordMeaning
fruitionpleasurable use or possession : enjoyment
amicablecharacterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable
divestto deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title
penumbraa space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light
cantoone of the major divisions of a long poem
precipicea very steep or overhanging place
inanimatenot animate:
soarto fly aloft or about
augurydivination from auspices (see auspice
impalpableincapable of being felt by touch : intangible