GRE Word List
GERONTOCRACY
rule by elders
The meaning of the word gerontocracy is rule by elders.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |
| regatta | a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races |
| snip | a small piece that is snipped off |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |