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 |
|---|---|
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| pathological | of or relating to pathology |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |
| domicile | a dwelling place : place of residence : home |