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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| convention | agreement |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| harass | exhaust |
| sentimental | marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| portly | dignified |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |