GRE Word List
GERONTOCRACY
rule by elders
The meaning of the word gerontocracy is rule by elders.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| marshal | a high official in the household of a medieval king, prince, or noble originally having charge of the cavalry but later usually in command of the military forces |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |