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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ferment | to undergo fermentation |
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necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
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unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
reckon | count |
rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
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