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 |
|---|---|
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| thrive | to grow vigorously : flourish |
| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |
| concur | to express agreement |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |