GRE Word List
GERONTOCRACY
rule by elders
The meaning of the word gerontocracy is rule by elders.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| cater | to provide a supply of food |
| reaper | one that reaps |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| cant | the expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments |
| unison | identity in musical pitch |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |