GRE Word List

TYRANNY

oppressive power

The meaning of the word tyranny is oppressive power.

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relevanthaving significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand
provisoan article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition
migratoryof, relating to, or characterized by migration
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ambushto attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay
legenda story coming down from the past
annuitya sum of money payable yearly or at other regular intervals
mutilateto cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect
polemicalof, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial
drabslattern