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 |
|---|---|
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |
| battalion | a considerable body of troops organized to act together : army |