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 |
|---|---|
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |