GRE Word List

PLUTOCRACY

government by the wealthy

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

Random words

WordMeaning
enunciateto make a definite or systematic statement of
tepidmoderately warm : lukewarm
congruencethe quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent
cloistera monastic establishment
gleama transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light
vignettea picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper
siftto put through a sieve
draconianof, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him
bizarrestrikingly out of the ordinary: such as
putrefyto make putrid