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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WordMeaning
penetrateto pass into or through
arduoushard to accomplish or achieve : difficult
flotsamfloating wreckage of a ship or its cargo
placeboa usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder
institutesomething that is instituted: such as
elysianof or relating to Elysium
relapsethe act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding
goadto incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad
controvertto dispute or oppose by reasoning
provisoan article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition