GRE Word List
FINERY
ornament
The meaning of the word finery is ornament.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| roster | a roll or list of personnel |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |