GRE Word List
SOVEREIGNTY
supreme power especially over a body politic
The meaning of the word sovereignty is supreme power especially over a body politic.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| despot | a ruler with absolute power and authority |