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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| vanguard | the forefront of an action or movement |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| rumble | to make a low heavy rolling sound |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| sublimate | sublime |