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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earthlycharacteristic of or belonging to this earth
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subservientuseful in an inferior capacity : subordinate
latchto lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms
barba medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck
etherealof or relating to the regions beyond the earth
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