GRE Word List
AUTHORITARIAN
of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority
The meaning of the word authoritarian is of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| repose | a state of resting after exertion or strain |
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| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
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