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 |
|---|---|
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| shambles | a meat market |
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| luscious | having a delicious taste or smell : sweet |
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |