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 |
|---|---|
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| cubicle | a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room |