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 |
|---|---|
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| mystic | mystical |
| queue | a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| manifestation | the act, process, or an instance of manifesting |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| spate | freshet |