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 |
|---|---|
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| coin | corner |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
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| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| nomadic | of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads |