GRE Word List

FINERY

ornament

The meaning of the word finery is ornament.

Random words

WordMeaning
loatheto dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest
stratuma bed or layer artificially made
eulogistica commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased
infiltrateto enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes
florescencea state or period of flourishing
adagea saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation
perorationthe concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration
pertinenthaving a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand
dramaa composition (see composition
incidentan occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening