GRE Word List
FINERY
ornament
The meaning of the word finery is ornament.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| whinny | to neigh especially in a low or gentle way |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| propound | to offer for discussion or consideration |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |