GRE Word List
ALACRITY
promptness in response : cheerful readiness
The meaning of the word alacrity is promptness in response : cheerful readiness.
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Word | Meaning |
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ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
degradation | the act or process of degrading |
symmetry | balanced proportions |
practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
inundate | overwhelm |
anomalous | inconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected : irregular |