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 |
|---|---|
| gusto | an individual or special taste |
| influx | a coming in |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |