GRE Word List
VERVE
the spirit and enthusiasm animating artistic composition or performance : vivacity
The meaning of the word verve is the spirit and enthusiasm animating artistic composition or performance : vivacity.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| resurge | to undergo a resurgence |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| fake | not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| minuscule | very small |
| serenity | the quality or state of being serene |