GRE Word List
ALACRITY
promptness in response : cheerful readiness
The meaning of the word alacrity is promptness in response : cheerful readiness.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| actuary | clerk |
| trenchant | keen |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| subsequent | following in time, order, or place |
| enunciate | to make a definite or systematic statement of |