GRE Word List

FINERY

ornament

The meaning of the word finery is ornament.

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gamelya physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other
winceto shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch
aphasialoss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection)
detonationthe action or process of detonating
communalof or relating to one or more communes
transposeto change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of
equineof, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family
bristlea short stiff coarse hair or filament
impartialnot partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally
centurionan officer commanding a Roman century