GRE Word List

BRISK

keenly alert : lively

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

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metersystematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm
saunterto walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll
pendulouspoised without visible support
erratichaving no fixed course : wandering
centurionan officer commanding a Roman century
swarma great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere
bombasticmarked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous
advertto turn the mind or attention
bereavementthe state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone
arteryany of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body