GRE Word List
DEPOSE
to remove from a throne or other high position
The meaning of the word depose is to remove from a throne or other high position.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| turmoil | a state or condition of extreme confusion, agitation, or commotion |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| misogynist | a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person |
| heed | to pay attention |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |