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 |
|---|---|
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| willowy | abounding with willows |
| stout | strong of character: such as |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |