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.
Random words
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| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| credo | a guiding belief or principle : creed |
| fleece | the coat of wool covering a wool-bearing animal (such as a sheep) |
| nutritious | nourishing |
| migrant | one that migrates: such as |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| nullify | to make null (see null |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |