GRE Word List
PLUTOCRACY
government by the wealthy
The meaning of the word plutocracy is government by the wealthy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| fictitious | of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| provenance | origin |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |