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 |
|---|---|
| expatriate | banish |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |
| stultify | to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| ethereal | of or relating to the regions beyond the earth |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |