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.
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|---|---|
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| viable | capable of living |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| equitable | having or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally with all concerned |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |