GRE Word List
GERONTOCRACY
rule by elders
The meaning of the word gerontocracy is rule by elders.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| headlong | headfirst |
| docile | easily taught |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| obstetrician | a physician specializing in obstetrics |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |