GRE Word List
FINERY
ornament
The meaning of the word finery is ornament.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| flip | to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air |
| longevity | a long duration of individual life |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| ideology | a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture |