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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|---|---|
| accomplice | one associated with another especially in wrongdoing |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
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