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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| husband | a male partner in a marriage |
| calorific | caloric |