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 |
|---|---|
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| disport | sport |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |