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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |