GRE Word List
DESPOT
a ruler with absolute power and authority
The meaning of the word despot is a ruler with absolute power and authority.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| meditation | a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| deserts | arid land with usually sparse vegetation |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |