GRE Word List
URBANE
notably polite or polished in manner
The meaning of the word urbane is notably polite or polished in manner.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
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| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| fraudulent | characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful |
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| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| dint | force |
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