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 |
|---|---|
| potable | suitable for drinking |
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |