GRE Word List

FINERY

ornament

The meaning of the word finery is ornament.

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apprehensiveviewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future
spatulaa flat thin implement used especially for spreading or mixing soft substances, scooping, or lifting
cupidityinordinate desire for wealth : avarice
prelatean ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank
facsimilean exact copy
precipitousprecipitate
mendaciousgiven to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth
anthropoidany of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets)
muralof, relating to, or resembling a wall
expungeto strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion