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
sanguinemarked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic
gallowsa frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged
stereotypeto make a stereotype from
ironicrelating to, containing, or constituting irony
topographythe art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations
immutablenot capable of or susceptible to change
hyperboleextravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones")
galleya ship or boat propelled solely or chiefly by oars: such as
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
methodicalarranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order