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 |
|---|---|
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| unanimity | the quality or state of being unanimous |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| minuscule | very small |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |