GRE Word List
SPRIGHTLY
marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited
The meaning of the word sprightly is marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| collage | an artistic composition made of various materials (such as paper, cloth, or wood) glued on a surface |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| plebeian | a member of the Roman plebs |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |