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 |
|---|---|
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |