GRE Word List

GERONTOCRACY

rule by elders

The meaning of the word gerontocracy is rule by elders.

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fienddevil
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tannerone that tans hides
raffleto engage in a raffle
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excerpta passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract
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