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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| congenial | pleasant |
| indisputable | not disputable : unquestionable |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |