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 |
|---|---|
| precipitant | precipitate |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| niggle | trifle |
| feline | of, relating to, or affecting cats or the cat family |