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

WordMeaning
warrantsanction
exactingtryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands
transgressionan act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as
intermittentcoming and going at intervals : not continuous
mediocreof moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance : ordinary
trothloyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity
punyslight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak
impartto give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store
boostto push or shove up from below
accompliceone associated with another especially in wrongdoing