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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WordMeaning
mutilateto cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect
disgruntleto make ill-humored or discontented
moribundbeing in the state of dying : approaching death
primordialfirst created or developed : primeval
heterogeneousconsisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed
converseto exchange thoughts and opinions in speech : talk
determinationa judicial decision settling and ending a controversy
waneto decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle
pandemoniuma wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people)
asteroidany of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter