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
pedagogueteacher
almssomething (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor
disparatemarkedly distinct in quality or character
boisterousnoisily turbulent : rowdy
sagaa prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland
tingea slight staining or suffusing shade or color
dowrythe money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage
runicany of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries
unsulliednot soiled or tarnished : not sullied
leavena substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid