1. Theocracy (n): a system of government in which priests rule in the name of god.
2. Oligarchy (n): a small group of people having control of a country or organization.
: a country governed by an oligarchy.
3. Plutocracy (n): government by the wealthy
: a state or society governed in this way
: an elite or ruling class whose power derives from their wealth.
4. Gerontocracy (n): a state, society or group governed by old people
: government based on rule by old people.
5. Junta (n): a military or political group that rules a country after taking power by force.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Gre Vocab:study of the subjects and specialists
1. Anthropology anthropologist
Anthropology (n): the study of humankind, including the comparative study of societies and cultures and the science of human zoology and evolution.
2. Alchemy alchemist
the medieval forerunner of chemistry, concerned particularly with attempts to convert base metals into gold or to find a universal elixir
: a seemingly magical process of transformation, creation etc
3. Cardiology cardiologist
The branch of medicine concerned with diseases and abnormalities of the heart
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