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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| thrall | a state of servitude or submission |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| overthrow | overturn |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| anthropomorphic | described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes |
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |