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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pragmaticrelating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic
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horticulturalthe science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants
incorporateto unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole
invincibleincapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued
factitiousproduced by humans rather than by natural forces
sheatheto put into or furnish with a sheath
renderto melt down
perquisitea privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages
equivocalsubject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse