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 |
|---|---|
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |
| dominate | rule |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |