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 |
|---|---|
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| momentum | a property (see property |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| overweening | arrogant |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |