GRE Word List
BRISK
keenly alert : lively
The meaning of the word brisk is keenly alert : lively.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| quorum | a select group |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| contagion | a contagious disease |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |