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 |
|---|---|
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| colloquy | conversation |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
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| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
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