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 |
|---|---|
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| drab | slattern |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| peerless | matchless |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |