GRE Word List

FINERY

ornament

The meaning of the word finery is ornament.

Random words

WordMeaning
stratuma bed or layer artificially made
floefloating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water
rostera roll or list of personnel
trappingsoutward signs
toppleto fall from or as if from being top-heavy
pulverizeto reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize
prateto talk long and idly : chatter
repulsionthe action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed
rescindto take away : remove
vampirethe reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep