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

WordMeaning
edifyto instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift
meandera winding path or course
hegemonypreponderant influence or authority over others : domination
dissipateto break up and drive off
glamoran exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness
throbto pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity
unravelto disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle
indeterminatenot definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague
interveneto occur, fall, or come between points of time or events
modishfashionable