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 |
|---|---|
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
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| aptitude | inclination |
| miscreant | unbelieving |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
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