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.

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capillaryresembling a hair especially in slender elongated form
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chipa small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off