GRE Word List
PLUTOCRACY
government by the wealthy
The meaning of the word plutocracy is government by the wealthy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| stout | strong of character: such as |