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 |
|---|---|
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| fracas | a noisy quarrel : brawl |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| fluke | flatfish |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |