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
attentivemindful
sophomoricconceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature
deterrentserving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter
wallowto roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner
recipientone that receives : receiver
terminologythe technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
disapprobationthe act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation
visionthe act or power of seeing : sight
chroniccontinuing or occurring again and again for a long time