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 |
|---|---|
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| combustible | capable of combustion |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
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