GRE Word List
TYRANNY
oppressive power
The meaning of the word tyranny is oppressive power.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| addendum | a thing added : addition |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| writ | something written : writing |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |