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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poisebalance
diligencesteady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity
imperturbablemarked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene
arduoushard to accomplish or achieve : difficult
vacillateto waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses
obloquya strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language
mutterto utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed
deleteto eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing
tethera line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement
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