GRE Word List
BRISK
keenly alert : lively
The meaning of the word brisk is keenly alert : lively.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |