GRE Word List
OLIGARCHY
government by the few
The meaning of the word oligarchy is government by the few.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| cunning | dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| sentinel | sentry |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |