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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haunt | to visit often : frequent |
centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
actuarial | of or relating to actuaries |
clangor | a resounding clang or medley of clangs |
proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
constituent | a member of a constituency |