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 |
|---|---|
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| refulgent | a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |