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.

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WordMeaning
stammerto make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter
padrea Christian clergyman
grovelto creep with the face to the ground : crawl
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inclementlacking mildness: such as
intransigencethe quality or state of being intransigent
posteritythe offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation
apocalypticof, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse
disputatiousinclined to dispute