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 |
|---|---|
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| defect | an imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming |