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 |
|---|---|
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| egress | a place or means of going out : exit |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| apocalyptic | of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| expertise | the skill of an expert |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |