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 |
|---|---|
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| random | a haphazard course |
| chivalrous | valiant |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
| occult | to shut off from view or exposure : cover |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| provident | frugal |