Verve rhymes with:
conserve, curve, d'oeuvre, deserve, herve, hors-d-oeuvre, irv, irve, merv, mirv, nerve, observe, preserve, reserve, serv, serve, swerve, underserve, unnerve, zurve
Verve sounds like:
verb, verba, vereb, verhoef, verhoff, verify, vrba