GRE Word List
OLIGARCHY
government by the few
The meaning of the word oligarchy is government by the few.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| collaborate | to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| quarry | game |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| pendant | something suspended: such as |