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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squatto cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground
hewto cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument
provocativeserving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate
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deviseto form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent
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