GRE Word List

ANARCHY

absence of government

The meaning of the word anarchy is absence of government.

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humusa brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic
compassionsympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it
disgorgeto discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit
sinuousof a serpentine or wavy form : winding
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
fitfulcharacterized by fits or paroxysms
fathomlessincapable of being fathomed : immeasurable
opportunistone that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism
ransackto look through thoroughly in often a rough way
dogmaticcharacterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts