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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| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| resort | one that affords aid or refuge : resource |
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| acidulous | somewhat acid or harsh in taste or manner |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| demeanor | behavior toward others : outward manner |
| carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |