GRE Word List
BRISK
keenly alert : lively
The meaning of the word brisk is keenly alert : lively.
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|---|---|
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
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| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |
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| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
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