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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WordMeaning
thrashto beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog
resignrelegate
consolean architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament
cordonan ornamental cord or ribbon
incredulitythe quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief
tenurethe act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office)
narrativesomething that is narrated : story
metricalof, relating to, or composed in meter
demurereserved
supinelying on the back or with the face upward