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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WordMeaning
primaryfirst in order of time or development : primitive
dwindleto become steadily less : shrink
bodeto indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage
taciturntemperamentally disinclined to talk
sensitizationthe action or process of sensitizing
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concatenatelinked together
hirsutehairy
lasciviousfilled with or showing sexual desire : lewd
impalpableincapable of being felt by touch : intangible