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 |
|---|---|
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| ample | generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity |
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| exquisite | marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |