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 |
|---|---|
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| commonwealth | a nation, state, or other political unit: such as |
| accede | to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand |