GRE Word List
OLIGARCHY
government by the few
The meaning of the word oligarchy is government by the few.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| entrepreneur | one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| fathom | a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |