GRE Word List
BRISK
keenly alert : lively
The meaning of the word brisk is keenly alert : lively.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| approbation | commendation |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |