GRE Word List
CENTURION
an officer commanding a Roman century
The meaning of the word centurion is an officer commanding a Roman century.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |