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 |
|---|---|
| shove | to push along |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| prattle | prate |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |