GRE Word List
GERONTOCRACY
rule by elders
The meaning of the word gerontocracy is rule by elders.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| replenish | to fill or build up again |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |