GRE Word List
BRISK
keenly alert : lively
The meaning of the word brisk is keenly alert : lively.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| omniscient | having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |