GRE Word List
VIGILANTE
a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate)
The meaning of the word vigilante is a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| incarcerate | to put in prison |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |