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 |
|---|---|
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |