GRE Word List
BRISK
keenly alert : lively
The meaning of the word brisk is keenly alert : lively.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fleck | streak |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| introvert | a person whose personality is characterized by introversion : a typically reserved or quiet person who tends to be introspective and enjoys spending time alone |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| mausoleum | a large tomb |
| convene | to come together in a body |