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 |
|---|---|
| bask | to lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| wanton | merciless |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |