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 |
|---|---|
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| condescend | to assume an air of superiority |
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |
| disport | sport |
| convoluted | having convolutions |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |