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 |
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| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| raconteur | a person who excels in telling anecdotes |
| caption | the part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| reaper | one that reaps |