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 |
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| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |
| stymie | to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| zealot | a zealous person |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |