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 |
|---|---|
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| guileless | innocent |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |