GRE Word List
OLIGARCHY
government by the few
The meaning of the word oligarchy is government by the few.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| entity | being |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |