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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WordMeaning
inanelacking significance, meaning, or point : silly
insensatelacking sense or understanding
foilto prevent from attaining an end : defeat
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collectedgathered together
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
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requisiteneeded for a particular purpose : essential
machinationsan act of machinating