GRE Word List
TRIBUNE
a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates
The meaning of the word tribune is a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fulcrum | prop |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| glutinous | having the quality of glue : gummy |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| demolition | the act of demolishing |