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 |
|---|---|
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| kudos | praise given for achievement |
| pastoral | of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |