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.

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bridlethe headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit
timorousof a timid disposition : fearful
prohibitivetending to prohibit or restrain
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commemorateto call to remembrance
unravelto disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle
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solemnityformal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event
ultimatuma final proposition, condition, or demand