GRE Word List
BRISK
keenly alert : lively
The meaning of the word brisk is keenly alert : lively.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| craft | skill in planning, making, or executing : dexterity |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |