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 |
|---|---|
| pose | to set forth or offer for attention or consideration |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |