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
titterto laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle
penetrateto pass into or through
sacrosanctmost sacred or holy : inviolable
equivocateto use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive
haggleto cut roughly or clumsily : hack
presagesomething that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen
protagonistthe principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story)
responsivenessgiving response : constituting a response : answering
lionizeto treat as an object of great interest or importance
usurpto seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right