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.

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suspendto debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function
theoreticalexisting only in theory : hypothetical
admonishto indicate duties or obligations to
obtusenot pointed or acute : blunt
doffto remove (an article of wear) from the body
automatona mechanism that is relatively self-operating
steadfastfirmly fixed in place : immovable
discordlack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas)
impartto give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store
polarizeto cause to vibrate in a definite pattern