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 |
|---|---|
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| sentinel | sentry |
| bohemian | a native or inhabitant of Bohemia |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| rusticate | to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life |