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 |
|---|---|
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| reckon | count |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| betroth | to promise to marry |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| condescend | to assume an air of superiority |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |