Both Uses of
vigilant
in
Lucky, by Sebold
- She would be vigilant throughout the hour or two hours it was on.†
Chpt 4 *
- The way I acted and thought, my hypervigilance and nightmares, made sense.†
Chpt Aft.hypervigilance = extreme or excessive attentiveness -- often to possible dangerstandard prefix: The prefix "hyper-" in hypervigilance means extreme or excessive. This is the same pattern as seen in words like hypersensitive, hyperactive, and hypercritical.
Definition:
carefully observant or attentive -- often to possible danger