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 |
|---|---|
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| rustle | to make or cause a rustle |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |