GRE Word List
CENTURION
Roman army officer (commanding a company of about 100 soldiers)
The meaning of the word centurion is Roman army officer (commanding a company of about 100 soldiers).
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| affable | easily approachable; easy to talk to; warmly friendly |
| plane | carpenter's tool for smoothing and leveling wood; V. CF. flat |
| retard | delay (in development); ADJ. retarded: (as of a child) slower in development |
| peevish | bad-tempered; irritable; V. peeve: make angry |
| mock | ridicule; deride; imitate often in derision |
| misadventure | mischance; ill luck; Ex. death by misadventure |
| irrelevant | not applicable; unrelated |
| insipid | lacking in flavor; lacking interest; dull; Ex. insipid food/character |
| frail | weak; N. frailty |
| replete | fully filled; filled to the brim or to the point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied; Ex. report replete with errors |