GRE Word List

TYRANNY

oppressive power

The meaning of the word tyranny is oppressive power.

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paraphernaliathe separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life
downcastlow in spirit : dejected
defectionconscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion
vivisectionthe cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation
witticisma cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark
qualifyto reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify
wrongheadedstubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles
subordinateplaced in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior
chameleonany of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal
ephemerallasting a very short time