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 |
|---|---|
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| energize | to make energetic, vigorous, or active |
| actuary | clerk |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| comprise | to be made up of |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |