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 |
|---|---|
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| phenomena | phenomenon |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |