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.

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WordMeaning
forebodingthe act of one who forebodes
machinationsan act of machinating
privationan act or instance of depriving : deprivation
slickhaving a smooth surface : slippery
remitto lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly
patriarchone of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people
mutilateto cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect
giddydizzy
ambivalencesimultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action
retrospectiveof, relating to, or given to retrospection