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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| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
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| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
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