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 |
|---|---|
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| figment | something made up or contrived |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| colloquy | conversation |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |