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.

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WordMeaning
regenerationan act or the process of regenerating : the state of being regenerated
brackishsomewhat salty
effeteno longer fertile
casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
corrosivetending or having the power to corrode
indenturea document or a section of a document that is indented
plebeiana member of the Roman plebs
egotisticalcharacterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance
imminentready to take place : happening soon
covetousmarked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions