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 |
|---|---|
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| overthrow | overturn |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |