GMAT Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com and englishteststore.com File 179 despot (n) An absolute and irresponsible monarch despotism (n) Any severe and strict rule in which the judgment of the governed has little or no part destitute (adj) Poverty-stricken desultory (adj) Not connected with what precedes detached (adj) separated; not interested deter (v) To frighten away deteriorate (v) To grow worse determinate (adj) Definitely limited or fixed