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 |
|---|---|
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| distant | separated in space : away |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| invoke | to petition for help or support |
| historic | historical |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |