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 |
|---|---|
| gibberish | unintelligible or meaningless language: |
| overweening | arrogant |
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| mote | a small particle : speck |