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 |
|---|---|
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| camaraderie | a spirit of friendly good-fellowship |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |