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 |
|---|---|
| nutritious | nourishing |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| amend | to put right |
| microcosm | a little world |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| musty | impaired by damp or mildew : moldy |
| conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |