GRE Word List
BRISK
keenly alert : lively
The meaning of the word brisk is keenly alert : lively.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| low | having a small upward extension or elevation |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |