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

WordMeaning
consecratededicated to a sacred purpose
qualifyto reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify
onusburden
stampedea wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals
tundraa level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs
whimsywhim
warrantya real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title
objectiveexpressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations
casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
predisposeto dispose in advance