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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masticateto grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew
soothsayera person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator
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actuarialof or relating to actuaries
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razeto destroy to the ground : demolish
provisionthe act or process of providing