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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sidetracksiding
misconductmismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities
gibberishunintelligible or meaningless language:
derisionthe use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt
authoritativehaving, marked by, or proceeding from authority
inferto derive as a conclusion from facts or premises
scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
lunarcrescent
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
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