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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| imbue | endow |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| redolent | exuding fragrance : aromatic |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| vision | the act or power of seeing : sight |
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