GRE Word List
GERONTOCRACY
rule by elders
The meaning of the word gerontocracy is rule by elders.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |