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 |
|---|---|
| swill | wash |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| fluency | the quality or state of being fluent |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| alcove | a small recessed section of a room : nook |
| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |