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 |
|---|---|
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| saunter | to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| reverie | daydream |