GRE Word List
TYRANNY
oppressive power
The meaning of the word tyranny is oppressive power.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| mandate | an authoritative command |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| reek | smoke |