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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| replicate | duplicate |
| regimen | a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient |
| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| handsome | having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance |
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| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| brochure | pamphlet |
| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |