GRE Word List
GERONTOCRACY
rule by elders
The meaning of the word gerontocracy is rule by elders.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| hamper | to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
| ramification | branch |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| fluke | flatfish |