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.

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WordMeaning
frenziedfeeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance
ferociousexhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality
propitiateto gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease
sanguinarybloodthirsty
idyllicpleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity
dyspepticindigestion
syntheticrelating to or involving synthesis : not analytic
inevitableincapable of being avoided or evaded
warrantya real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title
wardthe action or process of guarding