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 |
|---|---|
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| propellant | capable of propelling |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |