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 |
|---|---|
| exude | to ooze out |
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| constitution | the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| motley | variegated in color |