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 |
|---|---|
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| bewitch | to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| geniality | marked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |