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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WordMeaning
lecterna stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker
beseechto beg for urgently or anxiously
pietythe quality or state of being pious: such as
lucidsuffused with light : luminous
bogwet spongy ground
moribundbeing in the state of dying : approaching death
giddydizzy
pretensionan allegation of doubtful value : pretext
novaa star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years
pliablesupple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking