GRE Word List
URBANE
notably polite or polished in manner
The meaning of the word urbane is notably polite or polished in manner.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| proscenium | the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |