GRE Word List
DEMAGOGUE
a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power
The meaning of the word demagogue is a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| epitome | a typical or ideal example : embodiment |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |