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 |
|---|---|
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| gnarl | snarl |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| stint | a period of time spent at a particular activity |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |