GRE Word List
GERONTOCRACY
rule by elders
The meaning of the word gerontocracy is rule by elders.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alimentary | of or relating to nourishment or nutrition |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| juridical | of or relating to the administration of justice or the office of a judge |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| abyss | an immeasurably deep gulf or great space |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |