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 |
|---|---|
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |