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 |
|---|---|
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| imbue | endow |
| concordat | compact |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| bigotry | obstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |