GRE Word List
FINERY
ornament
The meaning of the word finery is ornament.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| euphony | pleasing or sweet sound |
| dire | exciting horror |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| headlong | headfirst |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| historical | of, relating to, or having the character of history |