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 |
|---|---|
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| cubicle | a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| 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 |