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 |
|---|---|
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| dupe | one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool |
| internecine | of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group |
| convention | agreement |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
| seemly | good-looking |