GRE Word List
PLUTOCRACY
government by the wealthy
The meaning of the word plutocracy is government by the wealthy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| prattle | prate |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |