alacrity
uh-LAK-rih-teenounMeaning cheerful readiness and speed
Memory hook AL-ACRO-ity: up like an ACROBAT. When Grandpa asks who wants to help build the treehouse, Kai springs off the couch like an acrobat: “Me! Now!” He answers with alacrity.
When Mom asked who wanted ice cream, the kids answered with alacrity.
In context Kai usually dragged his feet at chore time, but when Grandpa asked for help building a treehouse, he agreed with alacrity, grabbing a hammer before Grandpa had finished asking.
Similar eagerness, readiness, willingness, promptness
Opposite reluctance, hesitation, sluggishness
From Latin alacritas, from alacer, “lively, brisk.”