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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|---|---|
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
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| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
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| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |