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 |
|---|---|
| stately | marked by lofty or imposing dignity |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| arable | fit for or used for the growing of crops |
| weather | the state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness |
| rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to |
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |