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 |
|---|---|
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| repercussion | reflection |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |
| skimp | skimpy |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |