GRE Word List
FRUITION
pleasurable use or possession : enjoyment
The meaning of the word fruition is pleasurable use or possession : enjoyment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| swathe | a band used in swathing |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| lethargic | of, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy : feeling or affected by lethargy : sluggish |
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |