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 |
|---|---|
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| azure | the blue color of the clear sky |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| compulsive | having power to compel |