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 |
|---|---|
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |