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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| refrain | curb |
| transcendental | transcendent |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| partial | of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |