gentility
refinement, good manners, or respectable social standing
Gentility in a sentence
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Beneath the family's polished gentility lay debts they were desperate to hide.
More GRE words starting with G
an embarrassing social mistake or blunder, especially in a public setting
providing profit or income; productive
in a way that yields profit or useful result
to deny or contradict; to declare false
one who denies, opposes, or contradicts
bold, brazen impudence or nerve
causing irritation or resentment; vexing
producing a sudden, startling burst of energy or excitement
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