GRE Word List
GERONTOCRACY
rule by elders
The meaning of the word gerontocracy is rule by elders.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| antecede | precede |
| smart | having or showing a high degree of mental ability : intelligent |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| sleek | slick |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| reactionary | relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction |