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 |
|---|---|
| vantage | a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| bulk | magnitude |
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |