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
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randoma haphazard course
chivalrousvaliant
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occultto shut off from view or exposure : cover
solaceto give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console
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latentpresent and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic
providentfrugal