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).
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| luscious | having a delicious taste or smell : sweet |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| incarcerate | to put in prison |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| avid | characterized by enthusiasm and vigorous pursuit : very eager and enthusiastic |
| effete | no longer fertile |