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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tumidmarked by swelling : swollen
bereavementthe state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone
mutedbeing mute : silent
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defectan imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming
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dwindleto become steadily less : shrink
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ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
rostera roll or list of personnel