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 |
|---|---|
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| strew | to spread by scattering |
| exult | to be extremely joyful : rejoice |
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |