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 |
|---|---|
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| combustible | capable of combustion |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| delta | the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet see Alphabet Table |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| nullify | to make null (see null |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |