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 |
|---|---|
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| apostate | one who commits apostasy |
| facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |