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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| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
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| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |
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