GRE Word List
BRISK
keenly alert : lively
The meaning of the word brisk is keenly alert : lively.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| commune | talk over |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |