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 |
|---|---|
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| swear | to utter or take solemnly (an oath) |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| altruistic | relating to or given to altruism: |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| eccentricity | the quality or state of being eccentric |