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 |
|---|---|
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| felon | one who has committed a felony |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |
| complement | something that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect |