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 |
|---|---|
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| haven | harbor |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |
| monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is but one God |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| puerile | juvenile |