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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| nib | bill |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |