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 |
|---|---|
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| obsessive | tending to cause obsession |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
| psychopathic | of, relating to, or characterized by psychopathy |