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 |
|---|---|
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| carefree | free from care: such as |
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |