GRE Word List

TYRANNY

oppressive power

The meaning of the word tyranny is oppressive power.

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WordMeaning
vantagea position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view
privationan act or instance of depriving : deprivation
circumscribeto constrict (see constrict
ventureto proceed especially in the face of danger
exonerateto relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship
repelto drive back : repulse
choiran organized company of singers (as in a church service)
embossto raise the surface of into bosses
holocausta sacrifice (see sacrifice
submissivesubmitting to others