GRE Word List
FRINGE
an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band
The meaning of the word fringe is an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |