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 |
|---|---|
| misadventure | misfortune |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| replenish | to fill or build up again |
| valor | strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |