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 |
|---|---|
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| psychic | of or relating to the psyche : psychogenic |
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| mischance | bad luck |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| galley | a ship or boat propelled solely or chiefly by oars: such as |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |