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 |
|---|---|
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| enunciate | to make a definite or systematic statement of |
| attentive | mindful |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| nullify | to make null (see null |