GRE Word List

BRISK

keenly alert : lively

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

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libidoinstinctual 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
ambidextroususing both hands with equal ease or dexterity
aeriethe nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop
retardto delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment
cohabitto live together as or as if a married couple
tumultdisorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion
grislyinspiring horror or intense fear
vintnera wine merchant
resurrectto raise from the dead
confiscateappropriated by the government : forfeited