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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| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |