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 |
|---|---|
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| implement | a device used in the performance of a task : tool |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| overweening | arrogant |
| adorn | to enhance the appearance of especially with beautiful objects |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |