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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| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| reckon | count |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| vital | of the utmost importance |