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 |
|---|---|
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| brackish | somewhat salty |
| hallowed | holy |