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 |
|---|---|
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |