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 |
|---|---|
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| brawny | muscular |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| ogle | to glance with amorous invitation or challenge |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |