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 |
|---|---|
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |