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 |
|---|---|
| immune | not susceptible or responsive |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| expatriate | banish |
| hale | free from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| concordat | compact |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| frock | an outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit |