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verve
/vɝv/
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What does verve mean?
noun
- Enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist, musician, or writer, in composing or performing.
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noun
- (obsolete) A particular skill in writing.
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There was additional verve in our Christmas celebration, as Macquarie Island and the Bishop and Clerk, in turn, sank below the northern horizon.
He plays with a verve and abandon that appeals to the European galleries while his droll humour and good nature make him a delightful opponent.
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It was here that I saw my first Winslow Homers--two or three rapid sketches of fishermen in full excitement--and was conquered by his verve and actuality.
They do not perhaps possess the outward beauty and distinction of type which would justify their being brought into general notice, but as workers they retain all the fire and verve that are required in dogs that are expected to encounter such vicious vermin as the badger and the fox.