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 |
|---|---|
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| enrapture | to fill with delight |
| furor | an angry or maniacal fit : rage |
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| juncture | a point of time |
| multilingual | of, having, or expressed in several languages |