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 |
|---|---|
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| eclectic | composed of elements drawn from various sources |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |