GRE Word List
OLIGARCHY
government by the few
The meaning of the word oligarchy is government by the few.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| sublimate | sublime |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |