GRE Word List

FINESSE

refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture

The meaning of the word finesse is refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture.

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extortto obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring
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factiousof or relating to faction: such as
proxythe agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another
grimfierce in disposition or action : savage
solicitto make petition to : entreat
supererogatoryobserved or performed to an extent not enjoined or required
hinterlandsa region lying inland from a coast
piedof two or more colors in blotches
mountebanka person who sells quack medicines from a platform