GRE Word List
GERONTOCRACY
rule by elders
The meaning of the word gerontocracy is rule by elders.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| enhance | heighten |
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |
| condole | grieve |
| linguistic | of or relating to language or linguistics |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| refurbish | to brighten or freshen up : renovate |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |