GRE Word List
FINERY
ornament
The meaning of the word finery is ornament.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |
| heedless | not taking heed : inconsiderate |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| liaison | a binding or thickening agent used in cooking |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| dys- | abnormal |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |