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 |
|---|---|
| pathological | of or relating to pathology |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| junket | trip |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |