GRE Word List

PLUTOCRACY

government by the wealthy

The meaning of the word plutocracy is government by the wealthy.

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commandeerto compel to perform military service
grandiloquenta lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
fertileproducing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive
disaffecteddiscontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious
reprisala retaliatory act
impassea predicament affording no obvious escape
adulterateto corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element
iniquitouscharacterized by iniquity
prolificproducing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful
boorishresembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor