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 |
|---|---|
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| docile | easily taught |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| jaunt | a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |