GRE Word List
BRISK
keenly alert : lively
The meaning of the word brisk is keenly alert : lively.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| incarcerate | to put in prison |