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 |
|---|---|
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| unison | identity in musical pitch |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| disport | sport |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| abusive | using harsh, insulting language |