GRE Word List
BRISK
keenly alert : lively
The meaning of the word brisk is keenly alert : lively.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| yeoman | an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| hue | overall character or appearance to the mind : complexion |
| outgoing | going away : departing |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |