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 |
|---|---|
| condign | deserved |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| appease | pacify |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| archaeology | the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |