GRE Word List
ALACRITY
promptness in response : cheerful readiness
The meaning of the word alacrity is promptness in response : cheerful readiness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| canter | one who uses cant: such as |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| brochure | pamphlet |
| wrench | to move with a violent twist |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| ignite | to set afire |
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |