GRE Word List

THEOCRACY

government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided

The meaning of the word theocracy is government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided.

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zealeagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor
correlationthe state or relation of being correlated
environencircle
pento shut in or as if in a pen
unfetterto free from fetters
knella stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster)
sphinx-likeenigmatic; mysterious
indignityan act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult
plutocracygovernment by the wealthy
genealogyan account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms