GRE Word List
GERONTOCRACY
rule by elders
The meaning of the word gerontocracy is rule by elders.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| elixir | a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold |
| dissolution | the act or process of dissolving: such as |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |