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
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| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
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| invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |