GRE Word List
TYRANNY
oppressive power
The meaning of the word tyranny is oppressive power.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| stymie | to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of |
| nexus | connection |
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |