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 |
|---|---|
| rummage | to make a thorough search or investigation |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| escapade | a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| demise | death |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |