GRE Word List
PLUTOCRACY
government by the wealthy
The meaning of the word plutocracy is government by the wealthy.
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|---|---|
| husband | a male partner in a marriage |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| clangor | a resounding clang or medley of clangs |
| farce | stuff |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |