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 |
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| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| grapple | the act or an instance of grappling |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |