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 |
|---|---|
| overweening | arrogant |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| groom | bridegroom |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| indefatigable | incapable of being fatigued : untiring |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |