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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| Word | Meaning |
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| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| fathom | a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water |
| append | attach |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |