GRE Word List
TYRANNY
oppressive power
The meaning of the word tyranny is oppressive power.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |
| florescence | a state or period of flourishing |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |