GRE Word List
TYRANNY
oppressive power
The meaning of the word tyranny is oppressive power.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| noisome | noxious |
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| overweening | arrogant |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| cryptic | secret |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |