GRE Word List

FINERY

ornament

The meaning of the word finery is ornament.

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WordMeaning
reconditedifficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep
caricatureexaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics
notableworthy of note : remarkable
unconscionableshockingly unfair or unjust
arboretuma place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes
peregrinationto travel especially on foot : walk
bourgeoisof, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class
cloistera monastic establishment
concessionthe act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat)
incipientbeginning to come into being or to become apparent