GRE Word List
BRISK
keenly alert : lively
The meaning of the word brisk is keenly alert : lively.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| fauna | animal life |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| dart | a light spear |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |