GRE Word List

OLIGARCHY

government by the few

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

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WordMeaning
satesatisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy
defileto make unclean or impure: such as
belaborto attack verbally
glimmerto shine faintly or unsteadily
altercationa noisy, heated, angry dispute
fruitionpleasurable use or possession : enjoyment
elevationthe height to which something is elevated: such as
commemorativeintended as a commemoration
rhetoricthe art of speaking or writing effectively: such as
mingleto bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix