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 |
|---|---|
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| liability | the quality or state of being liable |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| vanguard | the forefront of an action or movement |
| apostate | one who commits apostasy |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| paradigm | example |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |