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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |