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 |
|---|---|
| farce | stuff |
| suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| natal | native |