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 |
|---|---|
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| trance | stupor |
| weather | the state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| practical | of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| glutinous | having the quality of glue : gummy |
| capsize | to cause to overturn |