GRE Word List
BUREAUCRACY
a body of nonelected government officials
The meaning of the word bureaucracy is a body of nonelected government officials.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| savant | a person of learning |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| parochial | of or relating to a church parish |