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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miserlyof, relating to, or characteristic of a miser
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predilectionan established preference for something
gapeto open the mouth wide
flippantlacking proper respect or seriousness
cholericeasily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered
prostratestretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission
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