GRE Word List

FINERY

ornament

The meaning of the word finery is ornament.

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martyra person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion
anachronisman error in chronology
cavaliermarked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain
genteelhaving an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish
transpireto take place : go on
consolean architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament
remonstrateto present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate
malaproposin an inappropriate or inopportune way
comityfriendly social atmosphere : social harmony
nascentcoming or having recently come into existence