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 |
|---|---|
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| marshal | a high official in the household of a medieval king, prince, or noble originally having charge of the cavalry but later usually in command of the military forces |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |