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 |
|---|---|
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| expiate | to make amends for |