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 |
|---|---|
| duration | continuance in time |
| pendant | something suspended: such as |
| propellant | capable of propelling |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| menial | a person doing menial work |
| sartorial | of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |