GRE Word List

BRISK

keenly alert : lively

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

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hoaxto trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous
graduatedmarked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement
bearingthe manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear
prowessdistinguished bravery
macerateto cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting
laggardlagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind
equityjustice according to natural law or right
etherealof or relating to the regions beyond the earth
reparteea quick and witty reply
atavismrecurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination