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 |
|---|---|
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| vent | to provide with a vent |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |