GRE Word List

FINERY

ornament

The meaning of the word finery is ornament.

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WordMeaning
gaudyostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented
dinghya small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat
solicitto make petition to : entreat
convergeto tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet
malevolenthaving, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
brochurepamphlet
nullifyto make null (see null
drossthe scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal
sophisticateddeprived of native or original simplicity: such as
gruffrough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect