absolute: implies that one is not bound by legal restraints OR the control of another: King Louis XIV was an ~ monarch.


autocratic: sug. egotistic, self-conscious use of power, or haughty imposition of one's own will: a flamboyant, ~ director of a ballet company.


arbitrary: implies the exercise and usually the abuse of power according to momentary inclination: his high-handed, ~ way of running his department.


despotic: implies arbitrary and imperious use of absolute power or control: the most decadent and ~ of Roman emperors.


tyrannical: implies abuse of absolute power and harsh, oppressive rule: a new regime as ~ as the one it had deposed.


这组词表示权力不受限制(power without restraint): absolute绝对权力:权力不受限制控制, autocratic独裁: 个人掌权，推行个人意志, arbitrary武断: 根据一时（momentary）喜好做决定(文中用权), despotic暴政: 武断专横(imperious)的绝对权力，tyrannical也是暴政: 滥用绝对权力残酷统治。


记忆方法：1) AAADT想成三个大唐皇帝==〉都专制。

          2) 专制的意思是权力不受限制mean exercising power or authority without restraint.         restraint克制限制