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 |
|---|---|
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| exhort | to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |