GRE Word List
GENTRY
upper or ruling class : aristocracy
The meaning of the word gentry is upper or ruling class : aristocracy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| scintilla | spark |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| betray | to lead astray |
| commonwealth | a nation, state, or other political unit: such as |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |