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 |
|---|---|
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |