GRE Word List
GERONTOCRACY
rule by elders
The meaning of the word gerontocracy is rule by elders.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| unruly | not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| infantile | of or relating to infants or infancy |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |