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 |
|---|---|
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
| undulating | having a wavy surface, edge, or markings |
| foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |