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 |
|---|---|
| debonair | suave |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |
| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |