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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conglomeratemade up of parts from various sources or of various kinds
jargonthe technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group
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monographa learned treatise on a small area of learning