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 |
|---|---|
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| striated | marked with striations or striae |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |