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 |
|---|---|
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| dispirited | to deprive of morale or enthusiasm |