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 |
|---|---|
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| lethal | of, relating to, or causing death |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| roster | a roll or list of personnel |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| entrance | power or permission to enter : admission |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |