GRE Word List
OLIGARCHY
government by the few
The meaning of the word oligarchy is government by the few.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| stink | to emit a strong offensive odor |
| bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| deify | to make a god of |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |