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
obligatorybinding in law or conscience
requisiteneeded for a particular purpose : essential
vigoractive bodily or mental strength or force
assuageto lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease
amphitheateran oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles
prognosticateto foretell from signs or symptoms : predict
antlerone of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family
concessionthe act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat)
environencircle
fallaciousembodying a fallacy