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 |
|---|---|
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| forte | one's strong point |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |