GRE Word List
GERONTOCRACY
rule by elders
The meaning of the word gerontocracy is rule by elders.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| slake | subside |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |