Wednesday, May 12, 2010

[Word Powers] Today's Words

Dissident (dis-i-duhnt)(noun): A person who disagrees with an opinion or an attitude.

 

The king issued an order that all dissidents would be hanged.   

 Plutocracy (ploo-tok-ruh-see)(noun): The rule or power of wealth or of the wealthy; A class or group ruling, or exercising power or influence, by virtue of its wealth.

 

The peasants called for an uprising against the reigning plutocracy.



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