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 |
|---|---|
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |