GRE Word List
GERONTOCRACY
rule by elders
The meaning of the word gerontocracy is rule by elders.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| delve | excavate |
| disgruntle | to make ill-humored or discontented |