GRE Word List

BRISK

keenly alert : lively

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

Random words

WordMeaning
buffooneryfoolish or playful behavior or practice
manipulateto treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner
onomatopoeiathe naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss)
outgoinggoing away : departing
proponentone who argues in favor of something : advocate
incontinentnot continent: such as
climeclimate
theocracygovernment of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
precariousdependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments