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 |
|---|---|
| intermediary | mediator |
| maroon | a dark red |
| urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
| invulnerable | incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed |
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |