GRE Word List
GERONTOCRACY
rule by elders
The meaning of the word gerontocracy is rule by elders.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |