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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| alcove | a small recessed section of a room : nook |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |