GRE Word List
BRISK
keenly alert : lively
The meaning of the word brisk is keenly alert : lively.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| rasp | to rub with something rough |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |