GRE Word List
GERONTOCRACY
rule by elders
The meaning of the word gerontocracy is rule by elders.
Random words
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|---|---|
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| savory | having savor: such as |
| season | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| enrapture | to fill with delight |
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| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |
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| liability | the quality or state of being liable |
| funereal | of or relating to a funeral |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |