GRE Word List
MONARCHY
undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person
The meaning of the word monarchy is undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| bauble | trinket |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |