GRE Word List

FINERY

ornament

The meaning of the word finery is ornament.

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bromidea binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives
purgatoryan intermediate state after death for expiatory purification
kineticof or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith
alludeto make indirect reference
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
uprightperpendicular
graphicof or relating to the pictorial arts
shavingthe act of one that shaves
flipto toss so as to cause to turn over in the air
succorrelief