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 |
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| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
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| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| sinewy | full of sinews: such as |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |