GRE Word List

FINERY

ornament

The meaning of the word finery is ornament.

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wadeto step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air
obstinatestubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion
pariaha member of a low caste of southern India
renderto melt down
averto declare positively
insularitycharacteristic of an isolated people
prerogativean exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as
hewto cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument
probityadherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness
demoticof, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing