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 |
|---|---|
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| glutinous | having the quality of glue : gummy |
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |