GRE Word List

OLIGARCHY

government by the few

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

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repressto check by or as if by pressure : curb
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run-downan item-by-item report or review : summary
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surveillanceclose watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective)
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