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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |