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 |
|---|---|
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| sheer | unqualified |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| pending | during |