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 |
|---|---|
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
| incompatible | not compatible: such as |
| lax | loose |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| finale | the close or termination of something: such as |