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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galleona heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish
multilingualof, having, or expressed in several languages
enervatelacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated
constraintthe act of constraining
mercenaryone that serves merely for wages
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
pretexta purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs
cursiverunning
epistemologistthe study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity
tangiblecapable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable