GRE Word List
FINERY
ornament
The meaning of the word finery is ornament.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| encumber | weigh down |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
| fanfare | a short and lively sounding of trumpets |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| dossier | a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject |