GRE Word List
FINERY
ornament
The meaning of the word finery is ornament.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |