GRE Word List
BUREAUCRACY
a body of nonelected government officials
The meaning of the word bureaucracy is a body of nonelected government officials.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| defer | put off |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
| listless | characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| anarchist | a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power |
| condign | deserved |
| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |