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.

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derideto laugh at or insult contemptuously
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contumaciousstubbornly disobedient : rebellious
imperilto bring into peril : endanger
abstrusedifficult to comprehend : recondite
discursivemoving from topic to topic without order : rambling
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