GRE Word List

GERONTOCRACY

rule by elders

The meaning of the word gerontocracy is rule by elders.

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gaffea social or diplomatic blunder
exemptfree or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject
lamentto mourn aloud : wail
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
vaporizeto convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor
antagonismopposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle
dauntlessincapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless
equineof, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family
coalesceto grow together
straggleto wander from the direct course or way : rove