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 |
|---|---|
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| valedictory | of or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| compact | predominantly formed or filled : composed |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |