GRE Word List
PLUTOCRACY
government by the wealthy
The meaning of the word plutocracy is government by the wealthy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| revoke | to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
| migrant | one that migrates: such as |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |