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 |
|---|---|
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| unique | being the only one : sole |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |