GRE Word List
GERONTOCRACY
rule by elders
The meaning of the word gerontocracy is rule by elders.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flag | any of various monocotyledonous plants with long ensiform leaves: such as |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| feebleminded | impaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| flux | a flowing of fluid from the body: such as |
| outmoded | not being in style |