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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| lag | one that lags or is last |