GRE Word List
SOVEREIGN
one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty
The meaning of the word sovereign is one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| endear | to cause to become beloved or admired |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |