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 |
|---|---|
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| rout | a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |