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 |
|---|---|
| filial | of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| gazette | newspaper |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm |