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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| Word | Meaning |
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| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| unconscionable | shockingly unfair or unjust |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |