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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WordMeaning
expediteto accelerate the process or progress of : speed up
massthe liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist
preludean introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter
vertigoa sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily
bizarrestrikingly out of the ordinary: such as
rejuvenateto make young or youthful again : give new vigor to
accompliceone associated with another especially in wrongdoing
torquea force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion
whiffa quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray
pulsethe regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart