GRE Word List
BRISK
keenly alert : lively
The meaning of the word brisk is keenly alert : lively.
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| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| decollete | wearing a strapless or low-necked dress |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| addle | rotten |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
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