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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ovationa ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted
orgysecret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing
composta mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land
abateto decrease in force or intensity
aproposbeing both relevant and opportune
parquetto furnish with a floor of parquet
travailwork especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil
seminaryan environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated
swaggerto conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner
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