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 |
|---|---|
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |