GRE Word List
BRISK
keenly alert : lively
The meaning of the word brisk is keenly alert : lively.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| cordial | showing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval |