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 |
|---|---|
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |
| indignation | anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean |
| whinny | to neigh especially in a low or gentle way |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |