verge
an edge or point of turning
Root
- vers / vert / verg: turn, bend, or incline
Other words with the vers / vert / verg root
- adverse: unfavorable or opposed
- advertise: to call attention to something
- aversion: strong dislike or turning away
- avert: to turn away or prevent
- converge: to come together toward one point
- diverge: to move apart from a shared point
- divergent: moving or developing in different directions
- divert: to turn aside or redirect
Verge is the familiar edge word: the place where something is about to turn or happen.
She was on the verge of quitting before the final example made the idea clear.