GRE Word List

PLUTOCRACY

government by the wealthy

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

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WordMeaning
extortto obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring
intuitionthe power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference
trimto remove by or as if by cutting
toteman object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry
stellarof or relating to the stars : astral
dearthscarcity that makes dear
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
inequityinjustice
trajectorythe curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space
cessiona yielding to another : concession