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 |
|---|---|
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| spatial | relating to, occupying, or having the character of space |
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| vantage | a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |