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 |
|---|---|
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |
| kismet | fate |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| debonair | suave |