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 |
|---|---|
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| insightful | exhibiting or characterized by insight |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |