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 |
|---|---|
| expatriate | banish |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| purported | reputed |
| courier | messenger |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| schematic | of or relating to a scheme or schema |