GRE Word List
BRISK
keenly alert : lively
The meaning of the word brisk is keenly alert : lively.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disgruntle | to make ill-humored or discontented |
| formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |