Vocabulary Word
Word: despot
Definition: tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler; CF. despotism
Definition: tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler; CF. despotism
Sentences Containing 'despot'
Like machines, they dumbly moved about the deck, ever conscious that the old man's despot eye was on them.
More Vocab Words
::: tangential - only slightly connected; not central; peripheral; digressing; showing divergence; CF. tangent::: yield - amount produced; crop; income on investment; profit obtained from an investment; V: produce; give in; surrender
::: endue - provide with some quality; endow
::: initiate - begin; originate; receive into a group; introduce to a new field or activity; Ex. initiate someone into the mysteries of a secret religion; N: one who has been initiated
::: excise - cut away; cut out; N: government tax on good produced and used inside a country; N. excision
::: propitiate - appease; conciliate; make peaceful; ADJ. propitiatory
::: decree - authoritative order; edict; judgment of a court of law; V: order or judge by decree
::: impassable - not able to be traveled or crossed
::: steep - soak; saturate; Ex. steep the fabric in the dye bath; ADJ: precipitous
::: irate - angry; CF. ire: anger; wrath
