GRE Word List
TYRANNY
oppressive power
The meaning of the word tyranny is oppressive power.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| significant | having meaning |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |
| nauseous | causing nausea or disgust : nauseating |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| satirical | of, relating to, or constituting satire |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |