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 |
|---|---|
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |
| monolithic | of, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |
| cordial | showing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |