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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| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| espouse | marry |
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| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| virtual | being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |