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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| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| nomadic | of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |