GRE Word List
GENTRY
upper or ruling class : aristocracy
The meaning of the word gentry is upper or ruling class : aristocracy.
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| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| filing | an act or instance of using a file |
| encumber | weigh down |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| ebullient | boiling |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |