GRE Word List

FINERY

ornament

The meaning of the word finery is ornament.

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cornucopiaa curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance
euphonypleasing or sweet sound
direexciting horror
cloyingdisgusting or distasteful by reason of excess
headlongheadfirst
contaminateto soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association
seinea large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore
wardthe action or process of guarding
pendulouspoised without visible support
historicalof, relating to, or having the character of history