GRE Word List

BUREAUCRACY

a body of nonelected government officials

The meaning of the word bureaucracy is a body of nonelected government officials.

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dilapidateddecayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse
abusiveusing harsh, insulting language
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
terminalleading ultimately to death : fatal
conducivetending to promote or assist
discriminateto mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of
torsothe human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk
husbandrythe cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture
solicitousmanifesting or expressing solicitude
seduceto persuade to disobedience or disloyalty