GRE Word List
SUAVITY
smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated
The meaning of the word suavity is smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated.
Random words
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shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |
reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
cunning | dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end |
supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
haven | harbor |