GRE Word List
BRISK
keenly alert : lively
The meaning of the word brisk is keenly alert : lively.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
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| modish | fashionable |
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| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |
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