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 |
|---|---|
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |