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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| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |
| incense | material used to produce a fragrant odor when burned |
| tangible | capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |