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 |
|---|---|
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| ken | the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| reparable | capable of being repaired |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |