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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| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| sinewy | full of sinews: such as |
| witticism | a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |