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 |
|---|---|
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| protuberance | something that is protuberant |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |