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 |
|---|---|
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| vision | the act or power of seeing : sight |
| euphony | pleasing or sweet sound |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| slander | to utter slander against : defame |
| propound | to offer for discussion or consideration |