GRE Word List

OLIGARCHY

government by the few

The meaning of the word oligarchy is government by the few.

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jaunta usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure
doffto remove (an article of wear) from the body
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propagateto cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction
convertto bring over from one belief, view, or party to another
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expletivea syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense
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