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 |
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slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
undulating | having a wavy surface, edge, or markings |
foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |
querulous | habitually complaining |
abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |