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 |
|---|---|
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| pastry | a dough that is used to make pies and other baked goods and typically has a high fat content : paste |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| slander | to utter slander against : defame |