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 |
|---|---|
| writ | something written : writing |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| anthology | a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| rip | to tear or split apart or open |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| kindred | of a similar nature or character : like |
| cataclysm | flood |