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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| rusticate | to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life |
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| irreproachable | not reproachable : blameless |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
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| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| felon | one who has committed a felony |