GRE Word List
ANARCHY
absence of government
The meaning of the word anarchy is absence of government.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| denomination | an act of denominating |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| savant | a person of learning |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |