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

WordMeaning
scurvya disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes
sturdyfirmly built or constituted : stout
flutterto flap the wings rapidly
bookishof or relating to books
spectruma continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order
pyromaniaca person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania
renovateto restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding)
kleptomaniaca person evidencing kleptomania
alleviaterelieve
trickleto issue or fall in drops