alacrity

In a sentence

Six example sentences with alacrity, each labelled with its topic.

• The small team answered support tickets with an alacrity their larger rival could not match, often replying within minutes.

  Startups

• The choir took up the new arrangement with such alacrity that they had it memorized before the second rehearsal.

  Music

• Our host agreed with alacrity to drive us to the border, grinning as he pulled the keys from his pocket.

  Travel

• The new line cook plated each dish with alacrity, and the pass never backed up once during the dinner rush.

  Cooking

• The rookie sprinted to the scorer's table with alacrity every time the coach called her number.

  Basketball

• Players took up the new patch with alacrity, filling every server within an hour of its release.

  Gaming

Found in these word lists

Each source is a published word list that contains alacrity. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.

More GMAT words

• acidulous
• morose
• invidious
• synoptic
• humdrum
• desultory
• satiate
• ignoble
• furtive
• amalgamate
• complaisant
• irascible