GRE Word List
PLUTOCRACY
government by the wealthy
The meaning of the word plutocracy is government by the wealthy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |
| document | proof |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |