Gerontocracy, Winnowing, Rueful, Onerous, Copse

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Word of the Day@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago

gerontocracy - a political system governed by old men
winnowing - the act of separating the grain from the chaff; select the desirable parts of a group or list; to cull
rueful - feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for offenses
onerous - not easily borne; wearing (burdensome, taxing)
copse - a dense growth of bushes
brake - an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant

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