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

WordMeaning
debilitateto impair the strength of : enfeeble
recessionthe act or action of receding : withdrawal
vexto bring trouble, distress, or agitation to
plaintiveexpressive of suffering or woe : melancholy
munificentvery liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow
generateto bring into existence: such as
ferventvery hot : glowing
sonorousproducing sound (as when struck)
casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
superannuatedoutmoded