GRE Word List
TYRANNY
oppressive power
The meaning of the word tyranny is oppressive power.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| affable | being pleasant and at ease in talking to others |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |