SAT vocabulary
Fringe
a peripheral or marginal area; the outermost edge or boundary of something
Example
"Only a few nomadic traders dared to travel across the northern fringes of the great desert."
Etymology
From Latin 'frons' (forehead, front) through Middle English 'frount' or Old French 'frangier', related to fringe.
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