GRE Word List

FINERY

ornament

The meaning of the word finery is ornament.

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enterprisingmarked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act
gorycovered with gore : bloodstained
derogatoryexpressive of a low opinion : disparaging
reverendworthy of reverence : revered
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maledictioncurse
loutto bow in respect
callousbeing hardened and thickened
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
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