GRE Word List

GERONTOCRACY

rule by elders

The meaning of the word gerontocracy is rule by elders.

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bentunenclosed grassland
xenophobiafear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign
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superimposeto place or lay over or above something
selectiveof, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select
heydaythe period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity
blareto sound loud and strident
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primordialfirst created or developed : primeval