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 |
|---|---|
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| unique | being the only one : sole |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |