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 |
|---|---|
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| conclusive | of, relating to, or being a conclusion |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |