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
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
philologythe study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature
vitalof the utmost importance
controvertto dispute or oppose by reasoning
lassitudea condition of weariness or debility : fatigue
indisputablenot disputable : unquestionable
muddleto make turbid or muddy
distinctionthe act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference
ultimatuma final proposition, condition, or demand
cataracta clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light