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 |
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| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| anoint | to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance |
| bigot | a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |