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 |
|---|---|
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| drivel | nonsense |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |