GRE Word List
PLUTOCRACY
government by the wealthy
The meaning of the word plutocracy is government by the wealthy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| conclave | a private meeting or secret assembly |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |