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 |
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| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| disgorge | to discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |