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 |
|---|---|
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |
| fervid | very hot : burning |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| replenish | to fill or build up again |