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 |
|---|---|
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| carefree | free from care: such as |
| ramification | branch |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| fusion | the act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat |
| uproar | a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance |
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |