GRE Word List

FINERY

ornament

The meaning of the word finery is ornament.

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vertexthe top of the head
coronera usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner
prelatean ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank
cosmicof or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone
memorialserving to preserve remembrance : commemorative
velocityquickness of motion : speed
itinerarythe route of a journey or tour or the proposed outline of one
irreproachablenot reproachable : blameless
entreethe act or manner of entering : entrance
doffto remove (an article of wear) from the body