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 |
|---|---|
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| parity | the quality or state of being equal or equivalent |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| deify | to make a god of |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |