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 |
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| composure | a calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession |
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| sage | one (such as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| regime | regimen |