GRE Word List
OLIGARCHY
government by the few
The meaning of the word oligarchy is government by the few.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| shove | to push along |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| physiognomy | the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| conscientious | meticulous |