GRE Word List
POLITY
political organization
The meaning of the word polity is political organization.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| preamble | an introductory statement |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| odorous | having an odor: such as |