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 |
|---|---|
| tatter | to make ragged |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |