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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| galley | a ship or boat propelled solely or chiefly by oars: such as |
| anonymity | the quality or state of being anonymous |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| influx | a coming in |