GRE Word List
SPRIGHTLY
lively
The meaning of the word sprightly is lively.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| thrifty | careful about money; economical; N. thrift |
| expropriate | take possession of (often for public use and without payment) |
| urge | drive or force forward (by causing impulses); drive to take action; impel; entreat earnestly; Ex. urge horses; N: impulse that prompts action |
| millennium | thousand-year period (as in the New Testament); hoped-for period of happiness and prosperity |
| didactic | (of speech or writing) intended to teach a moral lesson; teaching; instructional; N. didacticism |
| modicum | limited quantity; small amount; Ex. He does not have a modicum of sense; CF. moderate |
| blare | loud or harsh roar or screech; dazzling blaze of light |
| speck | small piece or mark; Ex. speck of dust in the eye |
| plaintive | expressing sorrow; mournful; Ex. plaintive song |
| hyperbole | exaggeration; overstatement; ADJ. hyperbolic: of hyperbole; of a hyperbola |
