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).

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WordMeaning
scourgewhip
inquisitivegiven to examination or investigation
warymarked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger
docketa brief written summary of a document : abstract
propinquitynearness of blood : kinship
inhibitto prohibit from doing something
intermittentcoming and going at intervals : not continuous
responsivenessgiving response : constituting a response : answering
cloyingdisgusting or distasteful by reason of excess
yokela naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town