GRE Word List
BRISK
keenly alert : lively
The meaning of the word brisk is keenly alert : lively.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease or dexterity |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |