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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| swear | to utter or take solemnly (an oath) |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
| archaeology | the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| oversee | survey |