GRE Word List
GERONTOCRACY
rule by elders
The meaning of the word gerontocracy is rule by elders.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| concordat | compact |
| consort | associate |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |