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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| forte | one's strong point |
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| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
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| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| dispirited | to deprive of morale or enthusiasm |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |