GRE Word List
BRISK
keenly alert : lively
The meaning of the word brisk is keenly alert : lively.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shambles | a meat market |
| crochet | needlework consisting of the interlocking of looped stitches formed with a single thread and a hooked needle |
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| fidelity | the quality or state of being faithful |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| billowing | wave |
| remission | the act or process of remitting |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |