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 |
|---|---|
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| subliminal | inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| submissive | submitting to others |