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
adjournto suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time
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sleekslick
refuseto express oneself as unwilling to accept
bolta lightning stroke
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veneera thin sheet of a material: such as
fallaciousembodying a fallacy