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 |
|---|---|
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| liaison | a binding or thickening agent used in cooking |