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 |
|---|---|
| seedy | containing or full of seeds |
| bolster | a long pillow or cushion |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| fruition | pleasurable use or possession : enjoyment |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |