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 |
|---|---|
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| diadem | crown |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |