GRE Word List
PLUTOCRACY
government by the wealthy
The meaning of the word plutocracy is government by the wealthy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| masquerade | a social gathering of persons wearing masks and often fantastic costumes |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |