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 |
|---|---|
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| duration | continuance in time |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
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| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
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| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |