GRE Word List
ANARCHY
absence of government
The meaning of the word anarchy is absence of government.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| precipitous | precipitate |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| vision | the act or power of seeing : sight |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |