GRE Word List
BRISK
keenly alert : lively
The meaning of the word brisk is keenly alert : lively.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |