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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| seismic | of, subject to, or caused by an earthquake |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |
| sonic | utilizing, produced by, or relating to sound waves |
| cue | the letter q |