GRE Word List
OLIGARCHY
government by the few
The meaning of the word oligarchy is government by the few.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |