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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| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| serpentine | of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement) |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| precipitant | precipitate |