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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WordMeaning
bargainan agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other
planeairplane
squashto press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush
urgeto present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly
comaa state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison
avertto turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance
frescothe art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments
compassionsympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it
quibbleto evade the point of an argument by caviling about words
jesta joking or mocking remark