GRE Word List
BRISK
keenly alert : lively
The meaning of the word brisk is keenly alert : lively.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| influx | a coming in |
| invective | insulting or abusive language : vituperation |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| broach | brooch |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |