GRE Word List
TYRANNY
oppressive power
The meaning of the word tyranny is oppressive power.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |