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 |
|---|---|
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| pander | to act as a pander |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
| rasp | to rub with something rough |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| generic | relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general |