GRE Word List
BRISK
keenly alert : lively
The meaning of the word brisk is keenly alert : lively.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
| aegis | a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| retrench | cut down |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |