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 |
|---|---|
| demur | to take exception : object |
| reactionary | relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction |
| dilute | attenuate |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| embrace | to clasp in the arms : hug |
| flowery | of, relating to, or resembling flowers |
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |