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 |
|---|---|
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |
| sophist | philosopher |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |