GRE Word List
BRISK
keenly alert : lively
The meaning of the word brisk is keenly alert : lively.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| laud | praise |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| drudge | to do hard, menial, or monotonous work |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |