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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WordMeaning
elicitto call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response)
cankeran erosive or spreading sore
clefta space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure
prosaiccharacteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual
cohortscompanion
unrequitednot requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind
egotisticalcharacterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance
arroyoa watercourse (such as a creek) in an arid region
unravelto disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle
hysteriaa psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral