GRE Word List
GERONTOCRACY
rule by elders
The meaning of the word gerontocracy is rule by elders.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| insurrection | an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government |