GRE Word List
GERONTOCRACY
rule by elders
The meaning of the word gerontocracy is rule by elders.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| calculated | apt |
| demure | reserved |
| conglomerate | made up of parts from various sources or of various kinds |