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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WordMeaning
inklinga slight knowledge or vague notion
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
redoubtablecausing fear or alarm : formidable
palleta straw-filled tick or mattress
chorusa company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action
accrueto come into existence as a legally enforceable claim
hoodwinkto deceive by false appearance : dupe
shootto eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger)
didacticdesigned or intended to teach
counterpartone of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate