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 |
|---|---|
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| demented | mad |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |