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 |
|---|---|
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| cog | a tooth on the rim of a wheel or gear |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |