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 |
|---|---|
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| flip | to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air |
| plebeian | a member of the Roman plebs |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| fete | festival |