oligarchies [N-COUNT] An oligarchy is a small group of people who control and run a particular country or organization. You can also refer to a country which is governed in this way as an oligarchy. govern [VERB: V n, V n] To govern a plac…

hoist 1 [VERB: V n prep/adv, V pron-refl prep/adv] If you hoist something heavy somewhere, you lift it or pull it up there. reconnaissance [N-UNCOUNT: oft N n] Reconnaissance is the activity of obtaining military information about aplace b…