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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WordMeaning
regaleto entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies
diabolicalof, relating to, or characteristic of the devil : devilish
imperilto bring into peril : endanger
predicamentthe character, status, or classification assigned by a predication
carriondead and putrefying flesh
bumpa relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as
subdueto conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish
hysteriaa psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral
inhibitto prohibit from doing something
cuisinemanner of preparing food : style of cooking