GRE Word List
FINERY
ornament
The meaning of the word finery is ornament.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| fashion | the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
| pathological | of or relating to pathology |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| unique | being the only one : sole |