GRE Word List
BRISK
keenly alert : lively
The meaning of the word brisk is keenly alert : lively.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |