GRE Word List
GERONTOCRACY
rule by elders
The meaning of the word gerontocracy is rule by elders.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| befuddle | to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |
| inclined | having inclination, disposition, or tendency |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| delve | excavate |