verve
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noun
1.
enthusiasm or vigor, as in literary or artistic work; spirit: Her latest novel lacks verve.
2.
vivaciousness; liveliness; animation: I like a teacher with plenty of verve.
3.
Archaic. talent.
Origin:
1690–1700; < French: enthusiasm, whim, chatter, apparently < Latin verba words, talk, plural (taken in VL as feminine singular) of verbum word; see verb
1690–1700; < French: enthusiasm, whim, chatter, apparently < Latin verba words, talk, plural (taken in VL as feminine singular) of verbum word; see verb
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| —n | |
| 1. | great vitality, enthusiasm, and liveliness; sparkle |
| 2. | a rare word for talent |
| [C17: from Old French: garrulity, from Latin verba words, chatter] | |
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Verve
is a GRE word you need to know.
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| to solicit business, employment, votes, or the like, importunately. |
| to proceed or go. |
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Word Origin & History
verve
1697, "special talent in writing," from Fr. verve "enthusiasm" (especially pertaining to the arts), in O.Fr. "caprice, odd humor, proverb" (12c.), probably from Gallo-Romance *verva, from L. verba "(whimsical) words," plural of verbum "word" (see verb). Meaning "mental vigor" is first recorded 1803.
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Example sentences
He was a traveller, and has told the story of his travels with extraordinary verve.
Leftovers refrigerated and eaten hours or days later, while still tasty, lack that enlivening verve and boldness.
Only a writer of verve could make these potentially deadening subjects compelling.
Verve is a half-hour showcase of local artists-those already known and those yet to be discovered.
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