GRE Word List
VIGILANT
alertly watchful especially to avoid danger
The meaning of the word vigilant is alertly watchful especially to avoid danger.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| veracious | truthful |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| lubricate | to make smooth or slippery |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |