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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| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |