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 |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
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| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
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| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |