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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| betroth | to promise to marry |
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
| cant | the expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments |