GRE Word List

FINERY

ornament

The meaning of the word finery is ornament.

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WordMeaning
stumbleto fall into sin or waywardness
cadavera dead body
appriseto give notice to : tell
centrifugalproceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis
derideto laugh at or insult contemptuously
buoyanthaving buoyancy
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
amuleta charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft)
brazenmade of brass
inquisitivegiven to examination or investigation