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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |