GRE Word List

BRISK

keenly alert : lively

The meaning of the word brisk is keenly alert : lively.

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unaccountablenot to be accounted for : inexplicable
prudea person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum
viandan item of food
waneto decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle
demeanto lower in character, status, or reputation
curmudgeona crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man
scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
forsaketo renounce or turn away from entirely
cemeterya burial ground
scurvya disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes