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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| apostate | one who commits apostasy |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
