GRE Word List
FINERY
ornament
The meaning of the word finery is ornament.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stumble | to fall into sin or waywardness |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| apprise | to give notice to : tell |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| amulet | a charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft) |
| brazen | made of brass |
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |