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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| entrance | power or permission to enter : admission |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| cubicle | a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |