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

WordMeaning
poseto set forth or offer for attention or consideration
benedictionthe invocation (see invocation
expostulationan act or an instance of expostulating
animositya strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude
jubilationan act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant
equablemarked by lack of variation or change : uniform
aperturean opening or open space : hole
retroactiveextending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past
disburseto pay out : expend especially from a fund
mesmerizeto subject to mesmerism