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 |
|---|---|
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| overthrow | overturn |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| filing | an act or instance of using a file |
| violate | break |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |