GRE Word List
VIGILANTE
one who without authority assumes law enforcement powers
The meaning of the word vigilante is one who without authority assumes law enforcement powers.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pharisaical | pertaining to the Pharisees, who paid scrupulous attention to tradition; self-righteous; hypocritical |
| elastic | able to spring back into shape; quick to recover (as from disappointment); able to adapt to change; Ex. elastic plans; N: elastic material |
| lilliputian | extremely small; CF. Lilliput in Gulliver's Travels |
| repository | storehouse |
| debris | rubble; wreckage; scattered remains of something broken or destroyed |
| extrude | force or push out; thrust out; shape (plastic or metal) by forcing through a die |
| olfactory | concerning the sense of smell |
| mercurial | capricious; quick and changing; fickle; containing the element mercury; Ex. mercurial temper; CF. mood |
| vitriolic | causing sharp pain to the mind; caustic; corrosive; sarcastic; of vitriol; N. vitriol: sulphuric acid (which burns flesh deeply); bitterly abusive expression; caustic expression; CF. glass |
| nubile | marriageable; of marriageable age; CF. connubial |
