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fraught

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore F words

filled with or causing anxiety, tension, or difficulty

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Fraught in a sentence

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The negotiations were fraught with mutual suspicion from the start.

Synonyms
tenseanxiousladen
Antonyms
calmuntroubledrelaxed
Common questions

Questions about “fraught

Fraught (adjective) means filled with or causing anxiety, tension, or difficulty
Here is fraught used in an example sentence: "The negotiations were fraught with mutual suspicion from the start."
Common synonyms for fraught include tense, anxious, laden.
Antonyms of fraught include calm, untroubled, relaxed.
Fraught is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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