GRE vocabulary
gentility
refinement, good manners, or respectable social standing
In a sentence
Gentility in a sentence
Here is an example sentence showing gentility in a sentence.
Beneath the family's polished gentility lay debts they were desperate to hide.
Synonyms
Antonyms
vulgaritycoarseness
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Common questions
Questions about “gentility”
Gentility (noun) means refinement, good manners, or respectable social standing
Here is gentility used in an example sentence: "Beneath the family's polished gentility lay debts they were desperate to hide."
Common synonyms for gentility include refinement, courtesy, decorum, respectability.
Antonyms of gentility include vulgarity, coarseness.
Gentility is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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