GRE Word List
TYRANNY
oppressive power
The meaning of the word tyranny is oppressive power.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| consign | to give over to another's care |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| prosperous | auspicious |