GRE Word List
MATRIARCH
a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state
The meaning of the word matriarch is a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state.
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| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| collate | to compare critically |
| parity | the quality or state of being equal or equivalent |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| lateral | of or relating to the side |