GRE Word List
GERONTOCRACY
rule by elders
The meaning of the word gerontocracy is rule by elders.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| figure | a number symbol : numeral |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| render | to melt down |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| indulgent | willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |