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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| catholic | roman catholic |
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