GRE Word List
ARISTOCRACY
government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class
The meaning of the word aristocracy is government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class.
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|---|---|
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
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| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
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| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
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