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
repugnancethe quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent
repulsionthe action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed
disinclinationa preference for avoiding something : slight aversion
capriciousgoverned or characterized by caprice : impulsive
remissionthe act or process of remitting
reciteto repeat from memory or read aloud publicly
magisterialof, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative
tangentialtouching lightly : incidental
betrayto lead astray
deducibleto determine by reasoning or deduction