GRE Word List
PLUTOCRACY
government by the wealthy
The meaning of the word plutocracy is government by the wealthy.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity |
| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |