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 |
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| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| tactful | having or showing tact |
| dally | to act playfully |