GRE Word List

FINERY

ornament

The meaning of the word finery is ornament.

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WordMeaning
graciousmarked by kindness and courtesy
aproposbeing both relevant and opportune
deprecateto express disapproval of
stunto make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze
disquisitiona formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse
augurydivination from auspices (see auspice
scantylimited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent
dialecticalof, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic
apostateone who commits apostasy
compensatoryto be equivalent to : counterbalance