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 |
|---|---|
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| feign | to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |