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 |
|---|---|
| consonant | being in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| pitfall | trap |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| enrapture | to fill with delight |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |