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 |
|---|---|
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| devotee | an ardent follower, supporter, or enthusiast (as of a religion, art form, or sport) |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| paramour | lover |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |