GRE Word List

OLIGARCHY

government by the few

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

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reverberatereflect
buxomvigorously or healthily plump
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
admonishto indicate duties or obligations to
outstripto go faster or farther than
dislodgeto drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage
pulpitan elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service
artisana worker who practices a trade or handicraft : craftsperson
fallibleliable to be erroneous
cemeterya burial ground