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 |
|---|---|
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| low | having a small upward extension or elevation |
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| herd | a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control |
| exhale | to rise or be given off as vapor |