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 |
|---|---|
| fulcrum | prop |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| heckler | one who heckles someone (such as a performer or speaker) usually by shouting criticisms or insults |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |