GRE Word List

GERONTOCRACY

rule by elders

The meaning of the word gerontocracy is rule by elders.

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WordMeaning
toutto make much of : promote
adeptthoroughly proficient : expert
clapto strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise
complicityassociation or participation in or as if in a wrongful act
peripherythe perimeter of a circle or other closed curve
strutto become turgid : swell
idyllicpleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity
sophisticateddeprived of native or original simplicity: such as
parchmentthe skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
rifeprevalent especially to an increasing degree