GRE Word List
GERONTOCRACY
rule by elders
The meaning of the word gerontocracy is rule by elders.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| wanton | merciless |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| vitriolic | bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| askew | out of line : at an angle |
| phenomena | phenomenon |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |