GRE Word List
TYRANNY
oppressive power
The meaning of the word tyranny is oppressive power.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| exegesis | exposition |
| stumble | to fall into sin or waywardness |
| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |