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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| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
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| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
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| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |