GRE Word List
URBANE
notably polite or polished in manner
The meaning of the word urbane is notably polite or polished in manner.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| devious | wandering |
| consort | associate |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| chapel | a subordinate or private place of worship: such as |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| exigency | that which is required in a particular situation |