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
sagaa prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland
asunderinto parts
chroniclea historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation
visceralfelt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
retiringreserved
coagulateto cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle
rotundaa round building
inestimableincapable of being estimated or computed
plumpto drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily