GRE Word List
BRISK
keenly alert : lively
The meaning of the word brisk is keenly alert : lively.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| consort | associate |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |