GRE Word List
OLIGARCHY
government by the few
The meaning of the word oligarchy is government by the few.
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| latitude | angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
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| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
| funereal | of or relating to a funeral |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| sonic | utilizing, produced by, or relating to sound waves |