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 |
|---|---|
| seep | to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| wont | accustomed |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| immutable | not capable of or susceptible to change |