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 |
|---|---|
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| mausoleum | a large tomb |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| rank | relative standing or position |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| prattle | prate |