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 |
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| infidel | one who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity |
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| accoutre | to provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit |
| delineate | to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail |
| grudging | unwilling |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| thespian | actor |