GRE Word List
BRISK
keenly alert : lively
The meaning of the word brisk is keenly alert : lively.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| hide | to put out of sight : secrete |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |