GRE Word List

BRISK

keenly alert : lively

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

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sepulchera place of burial : tomb
potiona mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine)
epitheta characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing
pandemicoccurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population
feralof, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast
chroniclea historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation
puckerto become wrinkled or constricted
annalsa record of events arranged in yearly sequence
secularof or relating to the worldly or temporal
impaleto pierce with or as if with something pointed