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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| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| adept | thoroughly proficient : expert |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| palatial | of, relating to, or being a palace |
| gourmand | one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |