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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WordMeaning
prerogativean exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as
entailto impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result
retroactiveextending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past
peddleto travel about with wares for sale
invulnerableincapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed
phlegmaticresembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm
balmyhaving the qualities of balm : soothing
trougha long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals
gaudyostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented
zanyvery eccentric (see eccentric