GRE Word List

GERONTOCRACY

rule by elders

The meaning of the word gerontocracy is rule by elders.

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penitentfeeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant
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glaringhaving a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger
anestheticof, relating to, or capable of producing anesthesia
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oscillateto swing backward and forward like a pendulum
peripherythe perimeter of a circle or other closed curve
throbto pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity