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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consolidationthe act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated
jabberto talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly
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