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 |
|---|---|
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |