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 |
|---|---|
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |
| beatific | of, possessing, or imparting beatitude |