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 |
|---|---|
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| fanfare | a short and lively sounding of trumpets |
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |