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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| mediate | occupying a middle position |
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| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
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| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
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