GRE Word List

REGENT

a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign

The meaning of the word regent is a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.

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compellingthat compels: such as
verbiagea profusion of words usually of little or obscure content
aboriginalbeing the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region
ubiquitousexisting or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread
usurpto seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right
prefigureto show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness
abutto border on : to touch along an edge
diversediffering from one another : unlike
feralof, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast
warrantsanction