GRE Word List
GERONTOCRACY
rule by elders
The meaning of the word gerontocracy is rule by elders.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| generic | relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general |
| dynamo | generator |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| score | twenty |
| comatose | of, resembling, or affected with coma |
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |