GRE Word List
SPRY
able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble
The meaning of the word spry is able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| pandemic | occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| sobriety | the quality or state of being sober |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| alleviate | relieve |