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 |
|---|---|
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| grudging | unwilling |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |