GRE Word List
GERONTOCRACY
rule by elders
The meaning of the word gerontocracy is rule by elders.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reckon | count |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |