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 |
|---|---|
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
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| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |