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 |
|---|---|
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| entomology | a branch of zoology that deals with insects |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |