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 |
|---|---|
| prerogative | an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| peddle | to travel about with wares for sale |
| invulnerable | incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |