GRE Word List
GERONTOCRACY
rule by elders
The meaning of the word gerontocracy is rule by elders.
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travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
mutinous | disposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious |
tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
amenities | something that helps to provide comfort, convenience, or enjoyment |
contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |