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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impending | occurring or likely to occur soon : upcoming |
libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
polyglot | one who is polyglot |
tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |