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 |
|---|---|
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| hierarchy | a division of angels |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |