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 |
|---|---|
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| wholesome | promoting health or well-being of mind or spirit |
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |