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
stratuma bed or layer artificially made
indolentaverse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy
decapitateto cut off the head of : behead
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
improviseto compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously
fanfarea short and lively sounding of trumpets
reimburseto pay back to someone : repay
petulantinsolent or rude in speech or behavior
beseechto beg for urgently or anxiously
pariaha member of a low caste of southern India