GRE Word List
VIGILANT
alertly watchful especially to avoid danger
The meaning of the word vigilant is alertly watchful especially to avoid danger.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| trance | stupor |