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 |
|---|---|
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
| embroider | to ornament with needlework |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| submissive | submitting to others |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| nourish | nurture |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| stratified | formed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |