GRE Word List

CENTURION

an officer commanding a Roman century

The meaning of the word centurion is an officer commanding a Roman century.

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distraitapprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
interiman intervening time : interval
bandyto discuss lightly or banteringly
squalorthe quality or state of being squalid
recreantcrying for mercy : cowardly
impunityexemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss
barba medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck
sonneta fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme
intrinsicbelonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing