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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propensityan often intense natural inclination or preference
shangri-laa remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia
temporizeto act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion
contiguousbeing in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point
sentimentalmarked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism
augustmarked by majestic dignity or grandeur
perversionthe action of perverting : the condition of being perverted
swaythe action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion
bacchanaliaa Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry
purchaseto obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy