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 |
|---|---|
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| dire | exciting horror |
| turmoil | a state or condition of extreme confusion, agitation, or commotion |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| freebooter | pirate |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |