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 |
|---|---|
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |