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 |
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| sear | being dried and withered |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
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| deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |