GRE Word List
VIGIL
the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary
The meaning of the word vigil is the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary.
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|---|---|
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
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| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| malady | a disease or disorder of the animal body |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| slew | a large number |
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |