GRE Word List
TYRANNY
oppressive power
The meaning of the word tyranny is oppressive power.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| veracious | truthful |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| cemetery | a burial ground |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |