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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amokan episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures
intelligentsiaintellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite
vicissitudethe quality or state of being changeable : mutability
incumbentthe holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice
judicioushaving, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment
assimilateto take into the mind and thoroughly understand
derideto laugh at or insult contemptuously
presumeto undertake without leave or clear justification : dare
adversitya state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune
aloofremoved or distant either physically or emotionally