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 |
|---|---|
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| retrench | cut down |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |