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.
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| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
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| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
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| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
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| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
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