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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
| faculty | ability |
| implement | a device used in the performance of a task : tool |