GRE Word List
PLUTOCRACY
government by the wealthy
The meaning of the word plutocracy is government by the wealthy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| paltry | inferior |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |