GRE Word List
OLIGARCHY
government by the few
The meaning of the word oligarchy is government by the few.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |