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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| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| incorporate | to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole |
| grotto | cave |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| collage | an artistic composition made of various materials (such as paper, cloth, or wood) glued on a surface |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |