GRE Word List
OLIGARCHY
government by the few
The meaning of the word oligarchy is government by the few.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |
| demented | mad |