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 |
|---|---|
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |